Commonwealth v. Littleton

The defendant, an attorney at law, was indicted for wilfully suppressing a petition for the submission of a question to the voters of the Commonwealth. The offence is described in the words of St. 1923, c. 183.

It appeared in evidence that on May 4, 1925, a petition in the manner and form provided by the Constitution was filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth asking for a referendum on St. 1925, c. 280, which had been approved April 29, 1925. This petition bore ten names, all of which had been certified as names of qualified voters of the city of Boston. On May 18, 1925, the defendant…