Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dow
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 19, 1914PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an indictment in ninety-two counts.* The defendant was found guilty on twenty-four counts, each of which charged a violation of R. L. c. 208, § 62, with reference to different mining companies of which he was president and director. The material part of the statute is as follows: “An officer . . . of a corporation which is . . . doing business in this Commonwealth . . . who fraudulently .... appropriates the money or disposes of the property of such corporation, or fraudulently converts it, shall be punished by imprisonment.” These counts charged that the defendant, being president of…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. BigelowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Lapina v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Jordan v. OsgoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Commonwealth v. ChoateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SlavskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Posell v. HerscovitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Commonwealth v. CooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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