Commonwealth v. Crowley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment for manslaughter, in causing the death of John E. Burns by stabbing him with a knife-, on May 4, 1895, at Boston. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Sheldon, J., the jury returned a verdict of guilty; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
The indictment is for manslaughter, charging the defendant with killing-John E. Burns by stabbing him with a knife; and the defendant justified the homicide on the ground that he was acting in self-defence. There was evidence that Burns in the saloon of one Jacobs was the aggressor in an assault made upon the defendant’s brother a short time before the homicide complained of, and that after Burns and the defendant’s brother had been separated by the defendant and others, the defendant and his brother wished to get away and go home without being noticed by Burns, and that they were let out of…
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