Commonwealth v. Langley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, in five counts, under Pub. Sts. c. 203, § 59. The first count was as follows: “ The jurors for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on their oaths, present that James H. Langley, of Boston aforesaid, on the eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, at Boston aforesaid, with intent to cheat and defraud one James N. Clifford, and with the view and intent, by means of the false pretences and representations hereinafter…
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Indictment, in five counts, under Pub. Sts. c. 203, § 59. The first count was as follows: “ The jurors for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on their oaths, present that James H. Langley, of Boston aforesaid, on the eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, at Boston aforesaid, with intent to cheat and defraud one James N. Clifford, and with the view and intent, by means of the false pretences and representations hereinafter set forth, to obtain and get into his, said Langley’s hands and possession the goods and chattels of the said Clifford,…
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
1. The motion to quash was rightly overruled. The objections stated in it were general, and were not assigned specifically, as required by the statutes. See Pub. Sts. c. 214, § 25; Commonwealth v. Sholes, 13 Allen, 554; Commonwealth v. Intoxicating Liquors, 105 Mass. 176; Commonwealth v. Murray, 135 Mass. 530; Commonwealth v. Jenks, 138 Mass. 484. Besides this, the indictment was good.
2. The defendant contends that he was not guilty, because the title of the property out of which he cheated the persons whom he defrauded by his false pretences, and which so came into his possession as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Commonwealth v. McDuffyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Commonwealth v. MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Commonwealth v. JenksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GreenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Simmons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1933
- Commonwealth v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- In Re ApplebaumCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
- Commonwealth v. GreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
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