Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cantor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 21, 1925PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
The defendant was convicted of the crime of using certain instruments upon the body of Wanda Szidzewicz with intent to procure her miscarriage, in consequence whereof she died. The Commonwealth offered in evidence a statement of the deceased as a dying declaration. The presiding judge, in the absence of the jury, heard evidence which justified him in admitting the declaration. He then told the jury, in substance, that he had found the statement to be a dying declaration and relevant and material to the issue, but that it was for them to determine whether it was a dying declaration within the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Commonwealth v. RogersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Partelow v. Newton & Boston Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Commonwealth v. BrewerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WaiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. PolianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Commonwealth v. NadwornyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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