Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Alba
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 26, 1930PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
Each defendant was convicted of being an accessory before the fact to the burning of a building and chattels therein with intent to defraud the insurer. In each indictment the principal was alleged to be “John Doe, whose true name and a more particular description of whom is to the said jurors unknown.” The defendants and their mother, who owned the building, had previously been acquitted on indictments charging them as principals with burning the building.
The building, located in Revere, was three stories in height, with two apartments on each floor. The three rear apartments had been…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Commonwealth v. DohertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Commonwealth v. AsherowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Commonwealth v. KaplanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Commonwealth v. SokorelisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. BonomiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Commonwealth v. VellucciMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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