Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 13, 1923PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The defendant was tried for the murder in the second degree of Louis C. Decker, and was found guilty of manslaughter. The exceptions before us relate to the admission and exclusion of evidence, and to the judge’s refusal to direct a verdict of acquittal.
1. There was evidence to warrant a finding that the defendant was guilty. The jury could find the following material facts, on the direct and circumstantial evidence: On the morning of Monday, June 6,1921, at about a quarter of seven o’clock, Decker was found lying in the grass at the edge of a highway in Stock-bridge, near the house of one…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Griffin v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Bennett v. SusserMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Commonwealth v. MarshallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. CorcoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Commonwealth v. MercierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Commonwealth v. ReillyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Commonwealth v. NasonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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