Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bartolini
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 28, 1938PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
On October 30, 1936, the defendant was indicted for the murder of Grayce M. Asquith at Weymouth on September 20, 1936. He was found guilty in the first degree on September 22, 1937. Sentence of death was imposed, and stay of execution was ordered on December 2, 1937.
*505There was evidence that on October 5, 1936, the dissevered legs of a woman were discovered at different places in the water of Boston Harbor. On October 23 a woman’s head was found at still another place in the harbor. One leg was wrapped in burlap. The other leg was wrapped in a piece of green window shade and enclosed in a…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- People Ex Rel. Lemon v. Supreme CourtNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- People v. JenningsIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
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3Cited by70 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. BonomiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Commonwealth v. JamesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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