Commonwealth v. Meserve
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment in five counts for a conspiracy to obtain goods by false pretences. The third count alleged that the defendants, “ George W. Meserve and Nathaniel W. Foye, both of said Boston, together with one Samuel S. Kennedy, otherwise called Samuel Kennedy, otherwise called Samuel Saint Clair, now deceased, being evil disposed.persons, and wickedly devising and intending to cheat and defraud the Shreve, Crump, and Low Company, a corporation duly established and existing, on…
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Indictment in five counts for a conspiracy to obtain goods by false pretences. The third count alleged that the defendants, “ George W. Meserve and Nathaniel W. Foye, both of said Boston, together with one Samuel S. Kennedy, otherwise called Samuel Kennedy, otherwise called Samuel Saint Clair, now deceased, being evil disposed.persons, and wickedly devising and intending to cheat and defraud the Shreve, Crump, and Low Company, a corporation duly established and existing, on the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, at Boston aforesaid, did…
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
The defendants were tried on four counts, the first, third, fourth, and fifth. Meserve was convicted on the third and fifth counts, and Foye on the fifth only. The objections urged are to the validity of the indictment, to the evidence, and to the instructions of the judge.
The motion to quash the third count rests on the ground that it is uncertain and vague, and that the defendants could not tell from it whether they were to be tried for a conspiracy to obtain goods by making an unauthorized contract for goods and labor, and also by means of false pretences, or whether they were to be tried…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
3Cited by45 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Commonwealth v. MedeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Commonwealth v. RogersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Commonwealth v. RiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Commonwealth v. BoraskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
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