Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Holiday
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 29, 1965PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKirk, J.
The defendant was indicted and found guilty as an accessory after the fact under G. L. c. 274, § 4, 1 in that, knowing one Peter F. Kelly (Kelly) to be an escapee from the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord (the institution) and therefore under G. L. c. 268, § 16, 2 a felon, he did harbor Kelly with the intent that Kelly should avoid arrest. The defendant excepted to the judge’s denial of his motion for a directed verdict. The sole question presented is whether the evidence sustains the verdict.
The defendant concedes that Kelly had in fact escaped from the institution, and had…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BonomiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Commonwealth v. BorisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. HorsfallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Commonwealth v. DevaneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. ShelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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