Legal Opinion
George J. Lambert v. Providence Journal Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 7, 1975No. 74-1287PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McENTEE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff George J. Lambert owned and operated the Camelot Inn, a cafe in Fall River, Massachusetts. On October 6, 1972, at the Inn he shot and killed one Thomas F. McCabe. As a result of this incident, described more fully in the newspaper accounts in notes 1-4 infra, Lambert was charged as an accessory after the fact to murder, and later with murder itself. The charge was reduced to manslaughter, however, at a bindover hearing. Lambert was tried in the Massachusetts Superior Court for Bristol County and was acquitted.
During the period before trial the defendant, the…
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