Commonwealth v. Cody
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, to establish the truth of exceptions alleged by the defendant and disallowed at the trial of an indictment containing three counts, the first of which was as follows: “ The jurors for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on their oath present that Robert J. Cody, otherwise called Robert Dalton, otherwise called Robert J. Davis,- otherwise called Robert Davin, of Boston aforesaid, on the thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and…
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Petition, to establish the truth of exceptions alleged by the defendant and disallowed at the trial of an indictment containing three counts, the first of which was as follows: “ The jurors for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on their oath present that Robert J. Cody, otherwise called Robert Dalton, otherwise called Robert J. Davis,- otherwise called Robert Davin, of Boston aforesaid, on the thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, at Boston aforesaid, with force and arms, in and upon one Albert E. Chadbourne, feloniously did make an…
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
This is a petition to prove exceptions. The petitioner was convicted on the first count of an indictment containing three counts, the second and third counts having been abandoned by the government at the close of the evidence, and before the case was submitted to the jury. The petitioner duly filed a bill of exceptions, which the Chief Justice of the Superior Court, who presided at the trial, disallowed, at the same time allowing a substitute bill of exceptions, if the petitioner chose to adopt it by a certain time. This substitute bill was not .adopted, and the present petition was filed in…
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