Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Kemp
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 4, 1926PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This case comes before us by report under G. L. c. 278, § 30, after the defendant was found guilty. Specific questions of law are stated in the report.
Before considering those questions it is necessary to determine jurisdiction over the case. That lies at the threshold and must first be decided. Eaton v. Eaton, 233 Mass. 351, 364. Lonergan v. American Railway Express Co. 250 Mass. 30, 40. That question arises in this way. The defendant, on his appeal to the Superior Court, waived in writing his constitutional right to a trial by jury and was tried without a jury. The offence with which he was…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Young v. DuncanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Crocker v. Justices of the Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Anderson v. Pacific Coast Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Olsen v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Fine v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- United States v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Commonwealth v. ParrottaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. RoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Commonwealth v. SurridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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