Commonwealth v. Hartford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, found and returned in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk on June 9,1906, charging that the defendant on May 9, 1906, at Boston, “ did knowingly distribute and circulate a certain printed paper, notice, advertisement and reference then and there containing words and language giving and conveying notice, hint and reference to a certain place where advice, directions, information and knowledge might be obtained for the purpose of causing and procuring the…
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Indictment, found and returned in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk on June 9,1906, charging that the defendant on May 9, 1906, at Boston, “ did knowingly distribute and circulate a certain printed paper, notice, advertisement and reference then and there containing words and language giving and conveying notice, hint and reference to a certain place where advice, directions, information and knowledge might be obtained for the purpose of causing and procuring the miscarriage of women pregnant with child, which said printed paper, notice, advertisement and reference is of the tenor…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
Because guilty knowledge of its contents is not specifically averred, and only the general allegation appears that she “ knowingly ” distributed a circular or advertisement, the defendant’s first contention is that no criminal offence has been described, and the motions to quash should have been granted. Commonwealth v. Boynton, 12 Cush. 499. Compare Rosen v. United States, 161 U. S. 29; Price v. United States, 165 U. S. 311. But the indictment follows the language of R. L. c. 212, § 16, as amended by the St. of 1905, c. 316, as to the first of the offences created and defined, and under R.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Rosen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Price v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Commonwealth v. TibbettsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Sanders v. Bank of KentuckyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1859
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SpezzaroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Commonwealth v. BaldiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Commonwealth v. MassadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922