Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Trefethen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 19, 1892PublishedCited by 196 opinions
Indictment, in four counts, for the murder of Deltena J. Davis, on December 23, 1891, by drowning. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Mason, C. J., and Blodgett and Hammond, JJ., the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree against the defendant Trefethen, and a verdict of not guilty for the defendant Smith; and Trefethen alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
The principal exception is to the refusal of the court to admit the testimony of Sarah L. Hubert. The exceptions recite:
“ Sarah L. Hubert, a witness called in behalf of the defendant, testified that her business, which she advertised in the newspapers, was that of a trance medium; that on December 22, 1891, in the forenoon, after ten o’clock, a young woman called at her place of business in Boston for consultation. There was sufficient evidence to go to the jury of her identification as Deltena J. Davis. Upon objection being made to the testimony *182of this witness, counsel for the defendant…
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