Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bird
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 20, 1928PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The defendant was found guilty upon a complaint under.G. L. c. 273, § 15, charging that he “did unreasonably neglect to provide for the support of Georgette Bird and Adelle Bird, his illegitimate children.” The mother *487of the children was Adelle Gregory, wife of Arthur Gregory. “No previous adjudication as to paternity had been made against this defendant.” The complaint was dated March 7, 1927. The period of neglect was alleged to be “the three months next before the making of this complaint.” The mother and her husband, being insane, did not testify at the trial. They were married August 25,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SlavskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Allen v. KiddMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Taylor v. WhittierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Jewett v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Inhabitants of Hanson v. Inhabitants of South ScituateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Kelly v. O'NEILMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. KitchenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Commonwealth v. GrossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Rhode Island v. MontijoMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1980
- Commonwealth v. TruczinskasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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