Commonwealth v. Mulrey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, against J. Richard Mulrey and Thomas F. Finneran, for obtaining money of the city of Boston by false pretences. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Blodgett, J., the jury returned a verdict of guilty against each defendant; and they alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This' is an indictment for obtaining money by false pretences. Shortly stated, the false pretences alleged are a series of representations extending from March 12, 1896, through January 11, 1897, that the defendant Finneran had furnished the city of Boston specified numbers of horses, wagons, and men, and that the city owed him stated sums of money for them. The counts on which the defendants were convicted each of them covered one fiscal month of the city, beginning on the twelfth of one month and going through the eleventh of the next. They are seven in number, and the second, tenth,…
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