Commonwealth v. Coy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, in three counts, for murder. The indictment was as follows: “ The jurors for said Commonwealth on their oath present that William Coy of Westfield, in the county of Hampden in said Commonwealth, on the thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, at Washington, in the county of Berkshire, with force and arms in and upon one John Whalen feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought did make an assault, and that…
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Indictment, in three counts, for murder. The indictment was as follows: “ The jurors for said Commonwealth on their oath present that William Coy of Westfield, in the county of Hampden in said Commonwealth, on the thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, at Washington, in the county of Berkshire, with force and arms in and upon one John Whalen feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought did make an assault, and that he the said William Coy then and there with a certain axe which he the said William Coy in both his hands then and…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The exception to the admission of the defendant’s confession because it was reduced to writing by another before it was read to the defendant and signed by him, was waived. By adopting the language, the defendant made it his own. Commonwealth v. Hildreth, 11 Gray, 327.
The next exception is founded on the refusal of the court to give to the jury certain instructions requested by the defendant. These all relate to the evidence in regard to the cause of death of the deceased person, as applied to the allegations of the indictment in that particular. There was evidence that the body when found…
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