Commonwealth v. Cuffee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment for the murder of Benjamin Howard at Westport on November 9, 1870. At the trial, at April term 1871, before Chapman, C. J., and Cray, Colt and Morton, JJ., there was evidence tending to show that Howard was killed by blows with a club, near his house in Westport, and his body dragged into a neighboring wood, where it was discovered on December 3, 1870 ; that the defendant, who was a negro thirteen or fourteen years old, was suspected of the homicide; that on…
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Indictment for the murder of Benjamin Howard at Westport on November 9, 1870. At the trial, at April term 1871, before Chapman, C. J., and Cray, Colt and Morton, JJ., there was evidence tending to show that Howard was killed by blows with a club, near his house in Westport, and his body dragged into a neighboring wood, where it was discovered on December 3, 1870 ; that the defendant, who was a negro thirteen or fourteen years old, was suspected of the homicide; that on December 5 two police officers of New Bed-ford went to the school which the defendant attended in West-port, and asked him to…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
The report states how the prisoner was
taken and carried to New Bedford by two police officers, upon suspicion that he was guilty of the murder of Howard ; that they stripped him of his clothing, and searched him, and placed him in a cell at the station-house ; and that about ten o’clock at night they took him out of his cell for the purpose of questioning and examining him, and examined him from that time till midnight, without warning him of his right not to answer unless he chose to do so, or offering him an opportunity to consult with counsel or friends. The defendant’s counsel objected to…
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