Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 1, 1939PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The defendant was indicted as an accessory after the fact to the crime, alleged to have been committed by Evelyn Dawn, of unlawfully using an instrument on the body of a woman with intent to procure a miscarriage, in consequence of which the woman died. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 274, § 4; c. 272, § 19. The defendant waived a trial by jury and his case was tried before a judge of the Superior Court with the case against Evelyn Dawn. There was a finding of guilty in each case. The defendant filed a claim of appeal and the case is before us on a summary of the record, a transcript of the evidence and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PolianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commonwealth v. NicholsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Reynolds v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Finnegan v. Checker Taxi Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. GreenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Commonwealth v. GiacomazzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Commonwealth v. NoxonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Commonwealth v. DevlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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