Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cline
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 3, 1913PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The second count of the indictment upon which the defendants were convicted is under R. L. c. 215, § 6, for an attempt to commit the crime of larceny from the person, where the person is alleged to have been to the jurors unknown. A bill of particulars was moved for and denied, and a motion to quash was overruled.*
These rulings were right. The offense is made out upon proof of a general intent to commit crime, and the doing of overt acts toward its accomplishment. It does not depend upon the amount which might have been stolen, nor is it necessary to describe the *226property or to allege its…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PeasleeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Commonwealth v. SnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Commonwealth v. MeserveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GeaganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Commonwealth v. BellinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Commonwealth v. GiacomazzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Commonwealth v. MedeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Commonwealth v. DevlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
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