Commonwealth v. Joe
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, received and sworn to in the Police Court of the City of Brockton on January 30, 1905, against Charlie Joe, otherwise known as Joe Chung, otherwise known as Joe Hay, of.
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Complaint, received and sworn to in the Police Court of the City of Brockton on January 30, 1905, against Charlie Joe, otherwise known as Joe Chung, otherwise known as Joe Hay, of. Brockton, under R. L. c. 214, § 5, charging him with'keeping a common gaming house during the three months next before the thirtieth day of January, 1905. At the trial in the Superior Court before Crosby, J. there was evidence that the defendant was a Chinese person who kept a laundry at No. 65 Pleasant Street in Brockton, and that on the three Sundays January 8, 15 and 29, games with cards and money were carried…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The only questions now pressed in this ease arise upon the defendant’s exceptions to the refusal of the court at his trial to give certain instructions asked for by him. He has not however argued his eleventh request, that upon all the evidence he must be acquitted. Plainly this instruction could not have been given. Commonwealth v. Warren, 161 Mass. 281.
The exceptions do not purport to set out all the instructions that were given; those that are stated were full, accurate and well adapted to secure the defendant’s rights. They required the Commonwealth to show that the place was kept and…
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- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Commonwealth v. WarrenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Commonwealth v. KerrisseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Commonwealth v. BlankinshipMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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