Attorney General v. Pelletier
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Information, filed by the Attorney General on October 27, 1921, under G. L. c. 211, § 4, and supported by affidavits of the Attorney General, of Henry N. Sheldon, Esquire, and of Albert Hurwitz, Assistant Attorney General, containing allegations which, as amplified by specifications afterwards filed, were in substance as follows: Joseph C. Pelletier, the respondent, on November 2, 1909, was elected a District Attorney for the Suffolk District and qualified as such on…
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Information, filed by the Attorney General on October 27, 1921, under G. L. c. 211, § 4, and supported by affidavits of the Attorney General, of Henry N. Sheldon, Esquire, and of Albert Hurwitz, Assistant Attorney General, containing allegations which, as amplified by specifications afterwards filed, were in substance as follows: Joseph C. Pelletier, the respondent, on November 2, 1909, was elected a District Attorney for the Suffolk District and qualified as such on November 13, 1909, to serve out the unexpired term of John B. Moran, deceased. He was elected again to that office on November…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an information brought by the Attorney General for the removal of the respondent from the office of District Attorney for the Suffolk District. It conforms to the terms of G. L. c. 211, § 4. The statutory words, so far as here material, are, — “A majority of the justices [of the Supreme Judicial Court] ... if sufficient cause is shown therefor and it appears that the public good so requires, may, upon a bill, petition or other process, upon a summary hearing or otherwise, remove *294... a county commissioner, sheriff, register of probate and insolvency or district attorney.” The…
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