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Commonwealth v. Sharpe

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 1, 1948PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.

This is a petition to establish exceptions to the denial of a motion for a new trial. The defendant was convicted upon a complaint charging him with a violation of a traffic regulation of Newton in that he failed, while operating an automobile, to comply with the directions placed upon an official traffic sign.

The petition was referred to a commissioner who filed a report and a supplementary report. We mention the facts appearing in these reports. The defendant seasonably filed a motion for a new trial which he was permitted to amend. The amendment alleged that the traffic signals as they…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  2. Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  3. Randall v. Peerless Motor Car Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  4. Long v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  5. City of Boston v. SantosuossoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  2. Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. De ChristoforoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  4. Hartmann v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
  5. Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990

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