Commonwealth v. Szczepanek
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment in two counts, found and returned in the county of Essex on January 17, 1918, the first count charging the murder of Annie Spiewak, and the second count charging the murder of Wladyslaw Bill. After arraignment and before trial the defendant made a motion that the district attorney elect on which count the government would go to trial. The motion was denied.
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Indictment in two counts, found and returned in the county of Essex on January 17, 1918, the first count charging the murder of Annie Spiewak, and the second count charging the murder of Wladyslaw Bill. After arraignment and before trial the defendant made a motion that the district attorney elect on which count the government would go to trial. The motion was denied. In the Superior Court the defendant was tried before Thayer, J. The material evidence and exceptions of the defendant are described in the opinion. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree in each count; and the…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
The defendant was indicted in two counts for murder. The first count charged him with the murder of Annie Spiewak, and the second with the murder of Wladyslaw Bill. He was convicted of murder in the first degree under each count of the indictment. The case is before this court on two exceptions taken by the defendant during the course of the trial. The first exception is to the denial by the trial judge of a motion of the defendant to order the district attorney to elect which count of the indictment he would go to trial on. The second exception is to the admission by the trial judge of an…
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