Commonwealth v. Bacon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment in six counts. The first count alleged that the defendant, on October 10,1882, at Boston, threatened to accuse a person named “of having committed the crime of open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior in the presence of” the defendant, with the intent of the defendant to extort from the person named, a certain sum of money.
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Indictment in six counts. The first count alleged that the defendant, on October 10,1882, at Boston, threatened to accuse a person named “of having committed the crime of open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior in the presence of” the defendant, with the intent of the defendant to extort from the person named, a certain sum of money. The second count alleged that, at the same time and place, the defendant threatened to • accuse said person of having committed the crime of assault and battery upon the defendant, with the same intent alleged in the first count. The third and fifth…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
The provisions of the Pub. Sts. c. 170, § 31, as to empanelling the jury, were sufficiently complied with. The street and number of the house where each juryman resided were written on the cards, and we think that this was enough to point out his place of residence with practical certainty in the county of Suffolk. “ Liquors ” set against the name of one of the jurymen was a perfectly intelligible indicar tian of his occupation. The cards were shaken together, before being drawn, in a revolving barrel. A barrel is a “ box ” within the purpose and requirement of the statute.
The attorney did…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. GoodwinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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