Commonwealth v. Perry
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, on the St. of 1891, c. 125, in two counts, alleging in the first count that the defendant on July 13,1891, did “impose and exact a fine, to wit, a fine of forty cents,” upon one Fielding, then employed by him in his factory in Dudley in weaving woollen cloth, “ for imperfections that had arisen during the process of weaving in the cloth and material woven by the said ” Fielding, while he was so employed and engaged at weaving; and in the second count that the…
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Indictment, on the St. of 1891, c. 125, in two counts, alleging in the first count that the defendant on July 13,1891, did “impose and exact a fine, to wit, a fine of forty cents,” upon one Fielding, then employed by him in his factory in Dudley in weaving woollen cloth, “ for imperfections that had arisen during the process of weaving in the cloth and material woven by the said ” Fielding, while he was so employed and engaged at weaving; and in the second count that the defendant at the same time and place did “ withhold a certain part of the wages of said ” Fielding while so employed and…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This is an indictment under the St. of 1891, c. 125, the first section of which is as follows: “ No employer shall impose a fine upon or withhold the wages or any part of the wages of an employee engaged at weaving for imperfections that may arise during the process of weaving.” Section 2 provides a punishment for a violation of the provisions of the statute by the imposition of a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars for the first offence, and not exceeding three hundred • dollars for the second or any subsequent offence.
The act recognizes the fact that imperfections may arise in weaving…
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