Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 28, 1942PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHonan, J.
The defendant has been found guilty at a trial in the Superior Court, before a judge without a jury, upon an indictment charging him with assaulting one Kaplan, while armed with a dangerous weapon, with the intent to rob said Kaplan. He excepted to the denial of his request for a finding of not guilty.
There was evidence that Kaplan left a dog track in Revere, where he had been selling “tip sheets” and betting upon the races, at about 11:30 o’clock at night. He then went to various places where alcoholic beverages were sold and food was served. He entered the last of these places at two…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Commonwealth v. DohertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Commonwealth v. AlthauseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Commonwealth v. AlbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BorisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Salemme v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. AhmadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Cappuccio v. Zoning Board of Appeals of SpencerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. NickologinesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
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