Commonwealth v. Brown
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, returned at July term, 1888, of the Superior Court of the county of Nantucket, in twenty-two counts, for forging and uttering certain writings, each of which was described as a “ discharge for money,” and purported to be a bill rendered to the town or county of Nantucket by various persons or firms for personal services, for rent .of post-office box, and for articles furnished to each, and to have been duly receipted upon payment thereof.
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Indictment, returned at July term, 1888, of the Superior Court of the county of Nantucket, in twenty-two counts, for forging and uttering certain writings, each of which was described as a “ discharge for money,” and purported to be a bill rendered to the town or county of Nantucket by various persons or firms for personal services, for rent .of post-office box, and for articles furnished to each, and to have been duly receipted upon payment thereof. Upon the day following the return of the indictment, the defendant filed this special plea to the presentment: “ 1. Because the said grand jury…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The indictment in this case contains twenty-two counts, some charging the defendant with forging, and others with uttering, discharges for money, payable from the treasury of the town and county of Nantucket. The defendant pleaded in abatement to the indictment, and upon the facts which appeared at the hearing he asked the court to rule, that, “ by reason of bias and interest, a grand jury drawn and made up from the inhabitants of the town and county of Nantucket was not competent to make a presentment for crimes against the county or the town treasury.” The court refused so to rule, and…
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