Commonwealth v. Johnson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, found and returned in the Superior Court in the county of Suffolk on May 11, 1907, under R. L. "c. 208, § 41, charging that Thomas Johnson, John Harris, William Dolan, John Williams, Frederick Dickerson and John Owens on March 24, 1907, at Boston “ knowingly did have in their possession certain machines, tools and implements adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing and breaking open buildings, rooms, vaults, safes and other depositories, in order to…
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Indictment, found and returned in the Superior Court in the county of Suffolk on May 11, 1907, under R. L. "c. 208, § 41, charging that Thomas Johnson, John Harris, William Dolan, John Williams, Frederick Dickerson and John Owens on March 24, 1907, at Boston “ knowingly did have in their possession certain machines, tools and implements adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing and breaking open buildings, rooms, vaults, safes and other depositories, in order to steal therefrom such money and other property as might be found therein, the said Johnson, Harris, Dolan, Williams,…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
This is an indictment charging the defendants with knowingly having in their possession burglarious implements and intending to use them as such. The exceptions relate to the admission of evidence and the charge.
1. Four types of cards, all mendicant in character, were received in evidence. They were found in the tenement, which the jury may have found to have been the home of the defendants, at the time of their arrest.. These had a slight tendency *59tó show the apparent occupation of the defendants or some of them, and may well have a close relation to the preliminary preparations for…
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