Commonwealth v. Harkins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment on the Gen. Sts. c. 161, § 54, charging that the defendant, on June 9, 1877, at Lynn, “being a person of evil disposition, and devising and intending by unlawful ways and means to obtain and get into his possession the moneys of the city of Lynn, a municipal corporation, within said county of Essex, duly and legally established by the laws of said Commonwealth, and with intent to cheat and defraud, did then and there unlawfully, knowingly and designedly, falsely…
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Indictment on the Gen. Sts. c. 161, § 54, charging that the defendant, on June 9, 1877, at Lynn, “being a person of evil disposition, and devising and intending by unlawful ways and means to obtain and get into his possession the moneys of the city of Lynn, a municipal corporation, within said county of Essex, duly and legally established by the laws of said Commonwealth, and with intent to cheat and defraud, did then and there unlawfully, knowingly and designedly, falsely pretend and represent, to said city, through its agent, servant and city solicitor, Rollin E. Harmon, that said city, on…
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The defendant was indicted for obtaining money from the city of Lynn by false pretences. He moved to quash the indictment on the ground that it did not set forth an offence known to the law.
It is alleged in substance that the defendant falsely represented to the city of Lynn, through its agent, the city solicitor, that a street which the city was bound to repair had been suffered to be *82out of repair, and that the defendant, while travelling thereon with due care, was injured by the defect; that the defendant at the same time exhibited an injury to his foot and ankle, and represented that it…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McDuffyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Commonwealth v. ParmenterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Commonwealth v. HooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
3Cited by19 opinions
- City of Boston v. SantosuossoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- People v. HoffmannMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
- Bates v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
- State v. KellyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1921
- Addington v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916
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