Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Massod
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 3, 1966PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
These are two criminal complaints brought in a District Court. The first charged the defendant with being a person found or present in a room “with apparatus . . . for registering bets” upon horse races, and that “ [he] did register such bets” (Gr. L. c. 271, § 17); the second charged the defendant with use of a “telephone for the purpose of accepting wagers or bets” on horse races. Upon appeal the defendant was found guilty on both complaints. The defendant’s exceptions relate to the admission of evidence, to the denial of motions for directed verdicts, to the denial of a motion for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Commonwealth v. DiStasioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Commonwealth v. WakelinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Commonwealth v. HartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Commonwealth v. JenskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NiemicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. SitkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. GosselinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. MendesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. DePinaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
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