Commonwealth v. Kaplan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, found and returned on September 12, 19.16, in six counts, the first count charging Reuben Levine with wilfully and maliciously burning the dwelling house of one Harry Kaplan on Saratoga Street in that part of Boston called East Boston, and the third count charging him with having burned that house with intent thereby to defraud certain insurers thereof.
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Indictment, found and returned on September 12, 19.16, in six counts, the first count charging Reuben Levine with wilfully and maliciously burning the dwelling house of one Harry Kaplan on Saratoga Street in that part of Boston called East Boston, and the third count charging him with having burned that house with intent thereby to defraud certain insurers thereof. The second, fourth, fifth and sixth counts were against Kaplan, the second Count charging him with being an accessory before the fact of the crime charged in the first count, the fourth with being accessory before the fact of the…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The third count in the indictment averred that Reuben Levine on September 23, 1915, did burn the dwelling house of Harry Kaplan with intent to injure certain named insurance companies. The defendant Kaplan was convicted on the fourth count, which charged that he “before the said felony and burning to defraud insurance company was committed, did incite, procure, aid, counsel, hire and command” Levine to commit the felony charged in the third count. It appeared in evidence that Kaplan bought this property on September 13, 1915, from Pollock and Hecht, for $2,600, paying only about $115 in cash,…
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- Commonwealth v. HomerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Palmer Savings Bank v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Commonwealth v. FarmerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Commonwealth v. FlaggMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Commonwealth v. AsherowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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