Commonwealth v. O'Donnell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, dated August 22, 1888, to the Police Court of Newton, alleging that the defendant, “ being then and there armed with a dangerous weapon, to wit, an axe,” on that day at Newton, with force and arms upon one Hart “ then and there being an assault did make,, and said Hart did then' and there beat, wound, and ill treat, against the peace of said Commonwealth, and contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided.”
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Complaint, dated August 22, 1888, to the Police Court of Newton, alleging that the defendant, “ being then and there armed with a dangerous weapon, to wit, an axe,” on that day at Newton, with force and arms upon one Hart “ then and there being an assault did make,, and said Hart did then' and there beat, wound, and ill treat, against the peace of said Commonwealth, and contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided.” The record of the Police Court, transmitted to the Superior Court, on appeal, recited that the defendant pleaded that he was not guilty “ of the offence…
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The Pub. Sts. c. 154, § 18, provide that the police and district courts “shall in their respective counties, concurrently with the Superior Court, have jurisdiction of cases of assault and battery, except when committed in the commission of, or in the attempt to commit, some other offence, or with a weapon dangerous to life, or where the life of the person assaulted is in danger, or such person is maimed,” etc. The St. of 1887, c. 293, § 1, provides that “ municipal, district, and police courts shall have jurisdiction, concurrently with the Superior Court, of cases of assault and battery with…
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