Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Vellucci
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 27, 1933PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The defendant was tried and was convicted by a jury on an indictment which charged that he burned a dwelling house which was insured, with the intent to defraud an insurance company. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 266, § 10. The only exception of the defendant is to the failure of the trial judge to allow his motion for a directed verdict of not guilty.
The defendant and his wife lived in Providence, Rhode Island. She owned a house on Emmett Street in Fall River which in April, 1932, was vacant. It was insured for $1,500 under a five year policy issued in October, 1927. In September, 1931, when the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Commonwealth v. AsherowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Commonwealth v. KaplanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Commonwealth v. SpezzaroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Commonwealth v. AlbaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. CliffordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. McGaheeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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