Commonwealth v. Goldstein
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment under Gen. Sts. c. 161, § 7, containing five counts, and alleging in the first count that the defendant and Jacob Davis, March 29, 1873, at Boston, “ with force and arms, unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously did set fire to and burn ” certain jackets, under-shirts, drawers, towels, clouds, stockings, handkerchiefs, gloves, brushes and collars, of the property, goods and chattels of the said Philip, “being then and there insured against loss and damage by fire in…
Read the full summary
Indictment under Gen. Sts. c. 161, § 7, containing five counts, and alleging in the first count that the defendant and Jacob Davis, March 29, 1873, at Boston, “ with force and arms, unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously did set fire to and burn ” certain jackets, under-shirts, drawers, towels, clouds, stockings, handkerchiefs, gloves, brushes and collars, of the property, goods and chattels of the said Philip, “being then and there insured against loss and damage by fire in the sum and to the amount of fifteen hundred dollars in and by the Eastern Insurance Company, a corporation theretofore…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The defendant’s motion to quash the indictment was properly overruled.
The first count alleges that the defendants Philip Goldstein and Jacob Davis at Boston, on the twenty-ninth day of March, 1873, “ unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously did set fire to and burn ” certain personal property described, of the property, goods and chattels of the said Philip, said personal property “ being then and there insured against loss and damage by fire in the sum and to the amount of fifteen hundred dollars, in and by the Eastern Insurance Company, a corporation theretofore duly established under the laws…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Commonwealth v. ButterickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
3Cited by9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Commonwealth v. AsherowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Commonwealth v. GurneyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Arnold v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Neubrandt v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.