Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Merrick
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 24, 1926PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
The defendant was found guilty upon an indictment which charged that John Doe, whose true name was unknown, on January 4, 1923, placed dynamite near a building in Haverhill with intent unlawfully to destroy or injure the building, and that the defendant before said felony was committed “did incite, procure, aid, counsel, hire or command the said John Doe, the said felony to do and commit.” He contends that certain exceptions saved by him at the trial should be sustained. As argued by him, they present four main questions.
Evidence was admitted of certain statements made by the defendant or by…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Agnew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Commonwealth v. DohertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Commonwealth v. HaywoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Commonwealth v. AsherowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Commonwealth v. GloverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Beneficial Finance CompanyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. BonomiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Commonwealth v. MartinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. MontecalvoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. CooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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