Legal Opinion

Collins v. Commonwealth

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 1, 1943PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.

This is a writ of error to reverse a sentence of not less than three years nor more than seven years in the State prison, imposed upon the plaintiff in error as a common and notorious thief under the latter part of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 266, § 40. It was heard by a single justice upon the return to the writ. Dolan v. Commonwealth, 304 Mass. 325. Quinn v. Commonwealth, 304 Mass. 347. Berlandi v. Commonwealth, 314 Mass. 424, 426. He ordered the judgment affirmed, and reported the case.

The return shows the following facts. The plaintiff in error was indicted in six counts for six larcenies on the…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. McDonald v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
  2. Berlandi v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  3. Povey v. Colonial Beacon Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  4. Commonwealth v. MannosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
  5. Dolan v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GreenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  2. Commonwealth v. CrockerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  3. Commonwealth v. TorrealbaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  4. Turner v. MorsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  5. Laughlin Filter Corp. v. Bird Machine Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946

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