Brown v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
At the last April term in this county, the following indictment was found against the plaintiff in error: — “ The jurors for the said commonwealth on their oath present that Murry Brown, of, &c., on, &c., at, &c., with force and arms, had in his custody and possession ten false, forged, and counterfeit bank bills or promissory notes, purporting to be ten bank bills or promissory notes payable to the bearers thereof, and to be signed in behalf of the president and directors…
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At the last April term in this county, the following indictment was found against the plaintiff in error: — “ The jurors for the said commonwealth on their oath present that Murry Brown, of, &c., on, &c., at, &c., with force and arms, had in his custody and possession ten false, forged, and counterfeit bank bills or promissory notes, purporting to be ten bank bills or promissory notes payable to the bearers thereof, and to be signed in behalf of the president and directors of the Union Bank, for the sum of three dollars each ; the said president and directors of the said Union Bank being then…
1Opinion of the Court
* The cause was argued by Bliss and Mills for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Solicitor-General [Davis] for the commonwealth; and after the argument, being continued nisi for advisement, at the following March term in Suffolk, the opinion of the Court was delivered, as follows, by
Sedgwick, J.
There are two counts in the indictment, charging the same offence ; and if either of them be good, the conviction and judgment are right; and as all the objections are equally applicable to each, I shall confine my observations to the last, because it is the most simple.
This count charges the prisoner…
2Cited by32 opinions
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- Gaynor's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Bryan v. MenefeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
- State v. SeaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1830
- Clifford v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
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