Commonwealth v. Hunt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was an indictment against "the defendants, (seven in number,) for a conspiracy. The first count alleged that the defendants, together with divers other persons unknown to the grand jurors, “ on the first Monday of September 1840, at Boston, being workmen and journeymen in the art and manual occupation of boot-makers, unlawfully, perniciously and deceitfully designing and intending to continue, keep up, form, and unite themselves into an unlawful club, society and…
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This was an indictment against "the defendants, (seven in number,) for a conspiracy. The first count alleged that the defendants, together with divers other persons unknown to the grand jurors, “ on the first Monday of September 1840, at Boston, being workmen and journeymen in the art and manual occupation of boot-makers, unlawfully, perniciously and deceitfully designing and intending to continue, keep up, form, and unite themselves into an unlawful club, society and combination, and make unlawful by-laws, rules and orders among themselves, and thereby govern themselves and other workmen in…
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, C. J.
Considerable time has elapsed since the argument of this case. It has been retained long under advisement, partly because we were desirous of examining, with some attention, the great number of cases cited at the argument, and others which have presented themselves in course, and partly because we considered it a question of great importance to the Commonwealth, and one which had been much examined and considered by the learned judge of the municipal court.
We have no doubt, that by the operation of the constitution of this Commonwealth, the general rules of the common law, making conspiracy…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JuddMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Commonwealth v. WarrenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
- Commonwealth v. WardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1805
- Lambert v. PeopleCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1827
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- Shell Oil Company v. Philip W. NoelCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Bristol-Myers Co. v. Lit Bros., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- City of Fairmont v. Retail, Wholesale, & Department Store UnionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
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