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Commonwealth v. Welcome

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 29, 1964PublishedCited by 90 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.

The indictment charges the defendant with an indecent assault and battery on a female child under the age of fourteen years. The case was tried before a judge sitting without a jury under G-. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G-. The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole. He is here on appeal and has alleged various assignments of error.

The incident which gave rise to the indictment occurred in April, 1963, in Amherst when the defendant who was driving his young son home from school at noon also gave a ride to a seven year old girl. Disposition of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wheeler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Commonwealth v. StoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
  3. Commonwealth v. HanleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
  4. Commonwealth v. TatisosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  5. Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937

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3Cited by90 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. StoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  4. Commonwealth v. NassarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
  5. Commonwealth v. WhiteheadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980

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