Commonwealth v. Robertson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, in one count, for murder. The indictment was as follows : “ The jurors for the said Commonwealth, on their oath and affirmation present, — That Daniel M. Robertson of New Bed-ford in the county of Bristol, at New Bedford in the county of Bristol, on the ninth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in and upon one Mary Robertson feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought an assault did make, and with a certain…
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Indictment, in one count, for murder. The indictment was as follows : “ The jurors for the said Commonwealth, on their oath and affirmation present, — That Daniel M. Robertson of New Bed-ford in the county of Bristol, at New Bedford in the county of Bristol, on the ninth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in and upon one Mary Robertson feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought an assault did make, and with a certain weapon, to wit, a knife, which the said Daniel M. Robertson then and there held, her, the said Mary Robertson, feloniously,…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The defendant contends that this bill of exceptions is not properly before the court, and that therefore it cannot now be considered. The St. 1892, c. 127, is as follows : “The Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as a full court in any county or for the Commonwealth, shall have jurisdiction of all questions of law and of all cases and matters at law or in equity, civil or criminal, arising in any other county than that in or for which it is sitting, and which might properly come before and be heard and determined by the full court sitting for such other county; and, upon an application of one or…
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- Commonwealth v. CostleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Blair v. Inhabitants of PelhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Commonwealth v. HolmesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Randall v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
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- Commonwealth v. BysMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. JordanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Commonwealth v. PentzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Commonwealth v. DevlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
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