Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Dill

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 28, 1894PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.

This is an indictment under St. 1887, c. 436, in two counts, each count charging that the defendant at a time and place named “ did unlawfully and feloniously commit a certain unnatural and lascivious act” with a person therein named, thus following the language of the statute, without further description. Section 2 of the statute provides that “in any complaint or indictment under this act it shall not be necessary to allege a description of the act charged to have been committed, but it shall be sufficient to allege that the defendant committed an unnatural and lascivious act with the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BennettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
  2. Stockwell v. SillowayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  3. Commonwealth v. BarrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
  4. Commonwealth v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
  5. Commonwealth v. ButterickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GallantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. DiStasioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  3. Commonwealth v. SnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  4. Commonwealth v. RogersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
  5. Glover v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1913

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