Commonwealth v. Vosburg
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment for larceny. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Rockwell, J., the evidence tended to show that one Bede, a dealer in diamonds, was travelling on the cars from New York to Boston; that the defendant was travelling in the same car; that there were other passengers in the car; that Bede arrived at Springfield about midnight, went out of the car leaving upon his seat a travelling-bag, was absent about ten minutes and returned ; that the bag was then missing ;…
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Indictment for larceny. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Rockwell, J., the evidence tended to show that one Bede, a dealer in diamonds, was travelling on the cars from New York to Boston; that the defendant was travelling in the same car; that there were other passengers in the car; that Bede arrived at Springfield about midnight, went out of the car leaving upon his seat a travelling-bag, was absent about ten minutes and returned ; that the bag was then missing ; that he notified the city police; that about a half hour after this the defendant entered the Massasoit House and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The telegram was read aloud at the defendant’s request in the course of the conversation between him and the witness. It was rightly admitted to enable the jury to understand the conversation of which it is part, and was carefully limited, both in the original ruling and in the final instruo* tians of the court, to that purpose. JExceptions overruled.
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