Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Enwright
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 5, 1927PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
The defendant was convicted on both counts of an indictment, charging the publication of libels upon one James M. Curley, in a newspaper called The Boston Telegraph. Besides the printed matter, a picture, of a prisoner dressed in a striped suit with a ball and chain attached to one of his feet and outside the cell door an armed attendant, was shown. Each of the articles contained the words “Curley the Thug” printed in large type directly over the picture of the prisoner. Under the picture was a statement that James M. Curley, former mayor, “learned to hit from the rear while serving a term in…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. SturtivantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Attorney General v. PelletierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Commonwealth v. SaccoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Commonwealth v. SpencerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Beneficial Finance CompanyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
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- Commonwealth v. HooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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- Frederick H. Hope v. Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc., the Hearst Corporation and Igor CassiniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
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