Commonwealth v. Plaisted
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint to the Municipal Court of the city of Boston, dated October 6,1887, alleging that the defendant, on October 5,1887, “ at Boston aforesaid, and within the judicial district of said court, in a public street of said city within said district, and called Washington Street, did then and there perform on a certain musical instrument, to wit, a cornet; he, the said Plaisted, not being licensed by the board of police for said city so then and there to do, against the…
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Complaint to the Municipal Court of the city of Boston, dated October 6,1887, alleging that the defendant, on October 5,1887, “ at Boston aforesaid, and within the judicial district of said court, in a public street of said city within said district, and called Washington Street, did then and there perform on a certain musical instrument, to wit, a cornet; he, the said Plaisted, not being licensed by the board of police for said city so then and there to do, against the peace of said Commonwealth and the form of the statute of said Commonwealth, and the rules and regulations of the board of…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
The defendant contends that the rules of the board of police, which he is charged with having violated, are not within the terms of the authority conferred upon that board. But we think this ground of objection cannot be maintained. The St. of 1885, c. 323, § 2, conferred upon and vested in the board of police all the power theretofore vested in the board of police commissioners, except as otherwise therein provided. The St. of 1878, c. 244, established the board of police commissioners, and in § 2, after mentioning other powers, proceeded to enact that “ said board may also be empowered by…
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