Commonwealth v. Monahan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, for the alleged bribery of a police officer. After verdict of guilty and before judgment the defendant moved in arrest of judgment, assigning various reasons therein. The Superior Court overruled the motion ; and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The indictment in this case is under the Pub. Sts. c. 205, § 9, as amended by the St. of 1891, c. 349, § 1. Every reason assigned in the motion in arrest of judgment relates to the sufficiency of the indictment, and not to the jurisdiction of the court, and should have been taken before verdict. St. 1864, c. 250, § 3. Pub. Sts. c. 214, § 27. Commonwealth v. McGovern, 10 Allen, 193. Commonwealth v. *461Wright, 12 Allen, 190. Commonwealth v. Norton, 13 Allen, 550. Commonwealth v. Intoxicating Liquors, 13 Allen, 561. Commonwealth v. Hudson, 97 Mass. 565. Commonwealth v. Eagan, 103 Mass. 71.…
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