Commonwealth v. Tolman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two indictments for an attempt to destroy a town way, dam, or bridge. Trial in the Superior Court, before Brigham, C. J., who, after a verdict of guilty, reported the case for the determination of this court. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDeyens, J.
The defendant was tried and found guilty upon two indictments. The first indictment charged him with wilfully and maliciously attempting to destroy a certain part or portion of a town way legally laid out and established in Marshfield, *230the property of the inhabitants thereof, by malicious means therein set forth. A second indictment in its first count alleged similar acts to have been done by the defendant in the attempt and with intent to injure and destroy a certain dam situated in the town of Marshfield, and the property of the inhabitants of Marshfield. The second count of the second…
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