Commonwealth v. Dana
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was an indictment, containing six counts, on the second aü i fourth sections of c. 132 of the revised statutes. The first count alleged that the defendant, on the 4th of January, 1841, at Boston, unlawfully had in his possession, with intent to offer for sale, and to sell and aid and assist in selling, negotiating and disposing of five hundred certain lottery tickets, and five hundred shares, to wit, halves and quarter tickets and shares, &e. in a certain lottery called…
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This was an indictment, containing six counts, on the second aü i fourth sections of c. 132 of the revised statutes. The first count alleged that the defendant, on the 4th of January, 1841, at Boston, unlawfully had in his possession, with intent to offer for sale, and to sell and aid and assist in selling, negotiating and disposing of five hundred certain lottery tickets, and five hundred shares, to wit, halves and quarter tickets and shares, &e. in a certain lottery called School Fund Lottery, for the benefit of public schools in the State of Rhode Island. In the second count the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtWilde, J.
This was an indictment for the alleged viola tions of the 132d chapter of the revised statutes, prohibiting the sale of lottery tickets, or the possession of the same with intent to sell, or to offer them for sale, or the aiding and assisting in any such sale. The case comes before us on sundry exceptions to the rulings of the judge of the municipal court at the trial.
In support of the issue joined in the case, the attorney for the Commonwealth offered in evidence the copy of a search warrant issued from the police court, to the admission of which the defendant’s counsel objected, on the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. ConeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1806
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