Commonwealth v. Cooper
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment for manslaughter in killing Phebe Fuller by striking her upon the head with a certain instrument called a “ fid.”
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Indictment for manslaughter in killing Phebe Fuller by striking her upon the head with a certain instrument called a “ fid.” At the trial in the superior court, before Brigham, J., it appeared that Phebe died on the 12th of December 1860 in consequence of wounds and injuries inflicted upon her by some person at her home in Nantucket, on the evening of November 22, 1860. John H. Sherman, the physician who attended her, testified that on the morning of the 25th of November she told him that she should never be any better, or should never recover; that he told her he hoped she might, that she…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, J.
The principal questions submitted to the court in this case are, whether any agreement has been concluded between the parties; and if so, what are its terms ? It appears that the defendant gave notice of his intention to prove the will, of Ruth Payson in the probate court on Monday the 23d of April 1860, and that Mr. Minot was retained as his counsel to transact the business. On Friday, April 20, Mr. Hoffman, one *486of the' plaintiffs, called at Mr. Minot’s office, and notified him that he intended to oppose the probate of the will on account of the heirs of Mrs. Baylies, one of whom was his…
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