Commonwealth v. Gaming Implements
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint on the Gen. Sts. a. 170, § 2, as amended by the St. of 1869, o. 364, § 2, alleging belief that “ gaming apparatus and implements are used, kept and provided to be used in unlawful gaming in certain rooms resorted to for the purpose of unlawful gaming, in a certain building situated and numbered thirteen and one half in Hayward Place, in said Boston, and within the judicial district of said court, that is to say, in the rooms in the second, third and fourth stories…
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Complaint on the Gen. Sts. a. 170, § 2, as amended by the St. of 1869, o. 364, § 2, alleging belief that “ gaming apparatus and implements are used, kept and provided to be used in unlawful gaming in certain rooms resorted to for the purpose of unlawful gaming, in a certain building situated and numbered thirteen and one half in Hayward Place, in said Boston, and within the judicial district of said court, that is to say, in the rooms in the second, third and fourth stories of said building, and also, that furniture, fixtures and personal property are contained therein, and may be found…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
Many of the objections taken by the claimant of the personal property, which has been proceeded against, were fully discussed and passed upon in Attorney General v. Justices of the Municipal Court, 103 Mass. 456, and although the mandamus there prayed for was not granted, the conclusions stated are not to be treated as the claimant contends as ohiter dicta only. The nature of the application was such, it being a petition for the purpose of compelling an inferior but important local tribunal to take jurisdiction of certain proceedings under the St. of 1869, c. 364, and to consider and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Attorney General v. Justices of the Municipal CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
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