Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Carney

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 1, 1891PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Complaint for keeping intoxicating liquors with intent unlawfully to sell the same. Trial in the Superior Court, on appeal, before Bishop, J., who, after a verdict of guilty, overruled a motion in arrest of judgment, and allowed exceptions, which appear in the opinion.. The case was submitted on briefs in November, 1890, and afterwards was re-submitted on the same briefs to all the judges.

1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.

The defendant in this case was charged with the illegal keeping of intoxicating liquor with intent to sell it. The case was heard in the First District Court of Southern Middlesex, before Lucius H. Wakefield, first special justice of the court, who found the defendant guilty. The defendant appealed, and was tried in the Superior Court, and a verdict of guilty rendered against him. After the verdict in the Superior Court, and before judgment, the defendant moved in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the copy of the record which was sent up from the District Court did not show that the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  2. Commonwealth v. FayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
  3. Commonwealth v. FoynesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
  4. Commonwealth v. Le ClairMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  5. Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SaccoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
  2. Commonwealth v. GalliganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
  3. Commonwealth v. HoganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  4. Bent v. StoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
  5. Commonwealth v. DugganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926

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