Commonwealth v. Strangford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment against Alexander Strangford and Andrew Strangford on Gen. Sts. e. 161, § 61, alleging that the defendants “ at Easthampton, in said county of Hampshire, with force and arms, with a fraudulent intent to place mortgaged personal property beyond the control of the mortgagee, then and there from the shop there situate, occupied by the said Alexander and Andrew Strangford, a large quantity of ready made clothing, the whole of the value of five hundred dollars, a large…
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Indictment against Alexander Strangford and Andrew Strangford on Gen. Sts. e. 161, § 61, alleging that the defendants “ at Easthampton, in said county of Hampshire, with force and arms, with a fraudulent intent to place mortgaged personal property beyond the control of the mortgagee, then and there from the shop there situate, occupied by the said Alexander and Andrew Strangford, a large quantity of ready made clothing, the whole of the value of five hundred dollars, a large quantity of dry goods, the whole of the value of five hundred dollars, a large quantity of boots and shoes, the whole…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
The objects of the rule of criminal pleading, which requires property in reference to which an offence is alleged to have been committed to be definitely described in the indictment, are to identify the offence, to give the defendant full notice of the nature of the charge, to inform the court what sen-. *292tence should be passed if he is convicted, and to prevent his being put in jeopardy again for the same cause.
The authorities cited by the learned counsel for the defendants do not govern this case. Most of them relate to indictments for larceny, in which a particular description of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ButterickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Commonwealth v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818
3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CabotMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- State v. MorrisseySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1879
- Wilson v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924