Commonwealth v. Andrews
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The indictment set forth that one Amos Tuttle, at Boston, in the county of Suffolk, feloniously stole certain goods, the property of Moses Dow ; and that the defendant, Andrews, “ at Boston, aforesaid, in the county of Suffolk, aforesaid, on the same second day of July, did abet and maintain him, the said Tuttle, in committing and perpetrating the said felony and theft, and there, after the said goods and chattels were stolen, as aforesaid, knowingly did receive all the same…
Read the full summary
The indictment set forth that one Amos Tuttle, at Boston, in the county of Suffolk, feloniously stole certain goods, the property of Moses Dow ; and that the defendant, Andrews, “ at Boston, aforesaid, in the county of Suffolk, aforesaid, on the same second day of July, did abet and maintain him, the said Tuttle, in committing and perpetrating the said felony and theft, and there, after the said goods and chattels were stolen, as aforesaid, knowingly did receive all the same goods and chattels of him, the said Tuttle, knowing the same to have been stolen, taken, and carried away, as…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
I hold myself bound by the authority of Cullen’s case, and that of Paul Lord, unless I were convinced that those decisions were against law! If solemn and repeated determinations of this Court are to be disregarded, I know not how we are to govern ourselves.
*27But upon principle, independently of these cases, it appears to me that the common-law doctrine respecting counties may well be extended, by analogy, to the case of states, united, as these are, under one general government.
In this case, however, I see nothing to induce the Court to say that the second taking by Tuttle, at Harvard, was not…
2Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MacloonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Commonwealth v. CepulonisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Archer v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- United States v. WilsonDistrict Court, D. Utah · 2005
- Commonwealth v. CarrollMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
28 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.