Legal Opinion
Juggins v. Executive Council
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 10, 1926PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus. The relevant facts are that one Devereaux was duly convicted of murder in the first degree, sentenced to death, and the week was appointed within which the sentence should be executed. A petition was filed with His Excellency, the Governor of the Commonwealth, addressed to the Governor and the Governor’s Council, alleging that Devereaux had become insane and praying that the execution of the sentence be respited in order to afford opportunity for investigation of the facts, for pardon and for respite until it appears to their satisfaction that the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. Jin Fuey MoySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Inspector of Buildings v. StoklosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Kennedy v. Commissioner of Corporations & TaxationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Kennedy's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & CouncilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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- Horton v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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- Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & CouncilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Murphy v. CaseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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