Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Patalano
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 24, 1925PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
The defendant was convicted of keeping and exposing intoxicating liquor for sale and of maintaining a common nuisance. Specifications filed in the case fixed the place of the alleged offences at 18 South Street, Somerville, and limited the time of their commission to three months before May 8, 1925, the date when the indictment was returned.
The defendant excepted to the exclusion of questions in cross-examination of a witness called by the Commonwealth, asking whether he had any conscientious scruples against making misrepresentations to obtain evidence and whether he had not testified in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Jennings v. RooneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Commonwealth v. FinnertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Commonwealth v. FeciMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MakarewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Commonwealth v. WestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Commonwealth v. BartoliniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Commonwealth v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Commonwealth v. HeffernanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
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