Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Killion
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 26, 1907PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The defendant was indicted for having accepted a bribe of $300 from one William J. Hartnett, while serving as a juror at the trial of the Crocker will case in the Supreme Judicial Court in April, 1904. There was a verdict of guilty. The evidence principally relied on by the Commonwealth was that of confessions of the defendant. The defendant contended that he could hot be convicted on his extra-judicial confessions unless there was evidence aliunde of the alleged crime; and he further contended that the Commonwealth had offered no such corroborative evidence, and asked the judge to direct a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The People v. . JaehneNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- United States v. WilliamsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1858
- Commonwealth v. BondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Forte v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
- Commonwealth v. DiStasioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Commonwealth v. FordeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Daeche v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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