Commonwealth v. Green
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment for robbery, from the person of George Bums, of “ divers promissory notes current as money in said Commonwealth, of the amount and of the value of eighty-seven dollars, a more particular description of which is to the jurors unknown.” At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bacon, J., Bums testified: “ The money taken from me was three tens, eleven fives, and one two; and I so testified before the grand jury.”
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Indictment for robbery, from the person of George Bums, of “ divers promissory notes current as money in said Commonwealth, of the amount and of the value of eighty-seven dollars, a more particular description of which is to the jurors unknown.” At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bacon, J., Bums testified: “ The money taken from me was three tens, eleven fives, and one two; and I so testified before the grand jury.” Another witness for the government testified that Burns had described the money in the same manner prior to giving testimony before the grand jury. The defendant requested…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
This case is precisely like Commonwealth v. Hussey, 111 Mass. 432, and is governed by it.
Exceptions overruled.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. HusseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
3Cited by3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ButtsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- State v. ThomesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1927
- State v. JacksonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885