Commonwealth v. Hardy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The defendant was indicted, at the last November term in this county, for the murder of an infant Upon the motion of the Attorney-General, he was arraigned before Sedgwick, J., then alone on the bench.. Upon this arraignment he pleaded not guilty, and was afterwards tried before Parsons, C. J., Sewall, J., and Parker, J., at the same term, and convicted.
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The defendant was indicted, at the last November term in this county, for the murder of an infant Upon the motion of the Attorney-General, he was arraigned before Sedgwick, J., then alone on the bench.. Upon this arraignment he pleaded not guilty, and was afterwards tried before Parsons, C. J., Sewall, J., and Parker, J., at the same term, and convicted. After the verdict was received, G. Blake and Thatcher, assigned by the Court as counsel for the prisoner, filed a motion, in arrest of judgment, of the following tenor, viz.: — “ And now the counsel for the said William Hardy move the Court…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was afterwards delivered by
Parsons, C. J.
At the last term of this Court, the grand jury indicted the prisoner at the bar of the crime of murder. When the indictment was delivered to the Court, one judge only was present, and the prisoner, then in custody of the sheriff, was brought to the bar, and, upon the motion of the Attorney-General, was arraigned upon the indictment. He pleaded not guilty, and for trial put himself on the country. The plea was recorded, and, at his request, counsel were assigned him, and he was remanded. At a subsequent day of that term, three…
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