Commonwealth v. Jones
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, under Pub. Sts. c. 112, § 197, for a fraudulent evasion of the payment of fare on a street railway in Worcester. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bond, J., the jury returned a verdict of guilty; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company is the proprietor of electric railway lines over different streets of the city of'Worcester, and is required by law to give transfers from one line to another in such a way as to make the rate of fare not more than five cents for a continuous ride over one or more of its lines. The defendant, with a companion, took a ear at Newton Square, which passed down Main Street by the foot of Pleasant Street to Lincoln Square. Cars of another line come from Front Street into Main Street, and also pass down Main Street from Pleasant Street to Lincoln…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GoodwinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Swan v. Manchester & Lawrence RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- O'Neill v. Lynn & Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
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