Corcoran v. Commonwealth

The petitioner for writ of error seeks to quash three jail sentences for contempt imposed by a judge of the Superior Court. The case was reserved and reported without decision by a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court upon the petition as amended, the answer, the stipulation to material facts, and the return of the Chief Justice of the Superior Court.

The case arises out of occurrences subsequent to the decision in Cabot v. Corcoran, 332 Mass. 44, decided December 16, 1954, which ordered the entry of a declaratory decree (page 52). On January 3, 1955, a motion for entry of a final…