Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Houston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 9, 1955PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The defendant was tried on an indictment for the murder of one Henry Foster and was convicted of manslaughter. The case is here on his appeal, with a summary of the record, a transcript of the evidence, and an assignment of errors as provided in G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended. It was uncontroverted at the trial that, in the early evening of November 5, 1953, the defendant invited Foster, the deceased, to his apartment on the second floor of 507 Columbus Avenue in Boston to “shoot craps.” The men went to the apartment and were there joined by one Figgs, whom the defendant also…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hubbard v. AllynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Commonwealth v. WakelinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Commonwealth v. RubinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Commonwealth v. TrippiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. PikeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
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