Commonwealth v. Chance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, against John H. Chance and Arthur Hagan, for the murder of Charles L. Russell, on April 4, 1898, at Boston. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bishop and Stevens, JJ., the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree as to Chance, and of not guilty as to Hagan; and Chance alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
1. If the challenge to the array was in due form, and if an exception was taken to the decision overruling it, still, fairly construed, it does not allege on independent grounds that the law as to posting the jury list in the city of Boston was not complied with, but rather that the records set forth show that it was not, or do not show that it was. St. 1897, c. 515, § 2. We do not mean to give any countenance to the objection, but for the purposes of decision it is enough to say that, if it were well taken, it does not affect the whole panel, and therefore is not a ground of challenge to the…
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