Commonwealth v. Legassy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint to the First District Court of Eastern Worcester, under St. 1867, o. 285, § 8, alleging “ that Augustus Legassy, of Grafton, in the county of Worcester, on the first day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and from thence continually till the fifteenth day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, at Grafton, in said county, did allow and consent to the employment of Joseph Legassy, a child under the age of fifteen years, in the…
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Complaint to the First District Court of Eastern Worcester, under St. 1867, o. 285, § 8, alleging “ that Augustus Legassy, of Grafton, in the county of Worcester, on the first day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and from thence continually till the fifteenth day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, at Grafton, in said county, did allow and consent to the employment of Joseph Legassy, a child under the age of fifteen years, in the manufacturing establishment of A. Morse & Son, situated in said Grafton, in the county of Worcester, he, the said…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
The St. of 1867, c. 285, § 1, prohibits the employment in a manufacturing establishment of any child under ten years of age under any circumstances whatever, and of any child between the ages of ten and fifteen years, except upon certain conditions which are negatived in this complaint. The pen*12alty, imposed by § 3 upon any parent or guardian who allows or consents to such employment, is the same in either case. The liability of the defendant is not therefore affected by the question whether the child, being under the age of fifteen, was or was not under the age of ten years.
The allegation,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. EmmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Commonwealth v. VincentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Green v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Commonwealth v. BlanchardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
3Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Commonwealth v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877