Legal Opinion
Walsh v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 15, 1916PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRttgg, C. J.
TMs is a writ of error to .reverse a judgment of the Superior Court whereby the petitioner was sentenced upon a verdict of guilty on a complaint based on R. L. c. 91, § 113, charging him with having taken clams within prohibited bounds. The complaint contained no charge of a previous offence. The maximum fine permitted by § 114 for a first offence is a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $10. The plaintiff in error, however, was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and to stand committed until the fine was paid. After being imprisoned twelve days, he paid the fine. Inasmuch as the complaint…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Cheney v. CoughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Ballard v. CapertonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1859
- Inhabitants of Great Barrington v. GibbonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- O'Coin's, Inc. v. Treasurer of the County of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Massey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1922
- Commonwealth v. KozlowskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Lewis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
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