Commonwealth v. Hogan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment for receiving stolen goods, alleged to have been “ stolen, taken and carried away by a certain evil disposed person.” At the trial in the Superior Court, before Cardner, J., it appeared that one Joseph Jacobs stole the goods in question, and that it was known to the district attorney and grand jury, before its finding of the indictment against-the defendant, that Jacobs was the person who stole the property named in the indictment.
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Indictment for receiving stolen goods, alleged to have been “ stolen, taken and carried away by a certain evil disposed person.” At the trial in the Superior Court, before Cardner, J., it appeared that one Joseph Jacobs stole the goods in question, and that it was known to the district attorney and grand jury, before its finding of the indictment against-the defendant, that Jacobs was the person who stole the property named in the indictment. Upon this evidence appearing, the defendant requested the judge to rule that the indictment was insufficient, and should be quashed; but the judge…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
An indictment for receiving stolen goods need not name the thief. Commonwealth v. Slate, 11 Gray, 60 Exceptions overruled.
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