Commonwealth v. Doyle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint to a trial justice, dated November 23,1871, charging an illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors on December 23, 1871. The defendant was convicted and appealed. At the trial on appeal in the Superior Court, before Sevens, J., the defendant contended that he could not be convicted upon a complaint which charged an offence as committed after the date of the complaint. It did not appear that he took this objection before the trial justice.
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Complaint to a trial justice, dated November 23,1871, charging an illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors on December 23, 1871. The defendant was convicted and appealed. At the trial on appeal in the Superior Court, before Sevens, J., the defendant contended that he could not be convicted upon a complaint which charged an offence as committed after the date of the complaint. It did not appear that he took this objection before the trial justice. The judge ruled that the defendant might be convicted if the evidence showed that he committed the offence before the time of the complaint. The jury…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The complaint alleging that the defendant was guilty at a day taen future alleged no offence as having been already committed. Complaint quashed.
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