Commonwealth v. Coyne
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment found and returned in the county of Worcester on the third Monday of January, 1917, charging that the defendants, Coyne and Farrell, on August 28,1916, did break and enter in the night time the dwelling house of George R Wallace in Fitchburg with intent to commit, larceny therein and therein did steal various enumerated articles of jewelry, the property of Helen M. Wallace. • The defendants were tried before Sanderson, J. The jury returned a verdict of guilty…
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Indictment found and returned in the county of Worcester on the third Monday of January, 1917, charging that the defendants, Coyne and Farrell, on August 28,1916, did break and enter in the night time the dwelling house of George R Wallace in Fitchburg with intent to commit, larceny therein and therein did steal various enumerated articles of jewelry, the property of Helen M. Wallace. • The defendants were tried before Sanderson, J. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against each of the defendants, and the defendants alleged exceptions to the admission of certain evidence, which, with the…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The defendants were indicted jointly for breaking and entering the dwelling house of one Wallace in the night time with the intent to commit larceny, and for the larceny therein of divers articles of jewelry and precious stones of an aggregate value of about $5,000. There was evidence tending to show that the defendants committed the crime.
After the defendants had introduced some evidence the presiding judge, at the request of the district attorney, permitted him to reopen the case and introduce further evidence in support of the charge in the indictment. The conduct of the trial and the…
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