Commonwealth v. Bagdasarian
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
The testimony of the officer was properly admitted in evidence. Commonwealth v. Kimball, 7 Gray, 328.
*249If properly admitted upon any ground, the evidence could be used for any purpose, unless its use was expressly limited by the court. Pegg v. Warford, 7 Md. 582. State v. Farmer, 84 Maine, 436, 440. See Higlister v. French, 180 Mass. 299, 301. Hubbard v. Allyn, 200 Mass. 166, 171.
In Commonwealth v. Harwood, 4 Gray, 41, cited by the defendant, the statements excluded were not made upon the premises nor by an inmate. That decision has no application here.
Exceptions overruled.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hubbard v. AllynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Pegg v. WarfordCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1855
- Higlister v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Curtin v. BenjaminMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Commonwealth v. JenskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Commonwealth v. LoperaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. RiversMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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