Commonwealth v. Gannon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment for being a common seller of intoxicating liquor. Trial in the superior court, before Morton, J., who signed the following bill of exceptions: “ At the trial there was but one witness, who testified substantially as follows: ‘ I knew Thomas Gannon ; he lives at North Attleboro ; he is a polisher, and works for Ira Richards & Co. who are manufacturers of jewelry; and that has been his employment during the present year, so far as I know.
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Indictment for being a common seller of intoxicating liquor. Trial in the superior court, before Morton, J., who signed the following bill of exceptions: “ At the trial there was but one witness, who testified substantially as follows: ‘ I knew Thomas Gannon ; he lives at North Attleboro ; he is a polisher, and works for Ira Richards & Co. who are manufacturers of jewelry; and that has been his employment during the present year, so far as I know. I have had no whiskey of ’him, no time, the present year. I had some whiskey of his wife in April and May last, four different times, and paid her…
1Opinion of the CourtBigelow, C. J.
The rule of law was correctly stated in the instructions. The provisions of the statutes (Gen. Sts. c. 108) regulating the rights and liabilities of married women as to their property and in certain civil proceedings, have in nowise changed or modified the rules of evidence or the legal presumptions applicable to them and their acts in criminal proceedings. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 28. Commonwealth v. Burk, 11 Gray, 437. Commonwealth v. Feeney, 13 Allen, 560. Commonwealth v. Wood, ante, 225. Exceptions overruled.
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