Commonwealth v. Massad

Upon a complaint issued out of the Central District Court of Worcester, on September 29, 1920, the defendant was charged with operating an automobile upon a certain way, and that he went away, after knowingly colliding with and causing injury to a person, without stopping and making known his name, residence, and number of his motor vehicle, as required by law.

He was convicted and appealed to the Superior Court; at the trial and before the jury were impanelled, he filed a motion to quash the complaint on the ground that “it is indefinite, uncertain and vague and because it fails to state any…