Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Witschi

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 15, 1938PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.

The defendant was tried in the Superior Court, on appeal, upon a complaint charging him in sub*460stance with operating a motor vehicle upon a public way while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 90, § 24. He was found guilty.

At the trial there was evidence tending to show these facts: The defendant was travelling on a public way with two other persons in a motor vehicle owned by the defendant and operated by one of those persons, a boy sixteen and one half years old, in the employ of the defendant. The defendant was a licensed operator. The boy who was operating…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CabotMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  2. Herrick v. WaittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  3. Commonwealth v. HassanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  4. O'Neill v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  5. Maxwell v. Massachusetts Title InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MontecalvoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. PettieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
  4. Heina v. Broadway Fruit Market, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  5. Hess v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939

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