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State v. McVay

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided March 3, 1926PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.

Heard on a certification of a question of law before trial.

Three indictments for manslaughter, each containing four counts, were brought against the captain and engineer of the Steamer Mackinac as principals and against Kelley as accessory before the fact. The steamer carried several hundred passengers from Pawtucket to Newport via Narragansett Bay. The boiler producing the steam by which the vessel was propelled, burst near Newport and many lives Were lost. The present indictments are for causing the deaths of three persons killed by escaping steam after the explosion of the boiler.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. RobinsonWashington Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Adams v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1879
  3. Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
  4. State v. ColemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1837
  5. United States v. Van SchaickU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1904

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Presley v. Newport HospitalSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
  2. State v. ManciniSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
  3. State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
  4. State v. VargasSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
  5. State v. DiLorenzoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951

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