Commonwealth v. Hobbs
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment on the Pub. Sts. c. 202, § 32, in eight counts. The first count alleged that the defendant, on March 24, 1885, at Boston, “feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously did mingle a certain quantity, to wit, two ounces, of a certain poison, to wit, white arsenic, with certain food, to wit, two quarts of meal, with intent then and there that the same should be cooked and eaten ” by one Lillian C. Cram, “ with the intent then and there to injure and kill ” said Lillian C.…
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Indictment on the Pub. Sts. c. 202, § 32, in eight counts. The first count alleged that the defendant, on March 24, 1885, at Boston, “feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously did mingle a certain quantity, to wit, two ounces, of a certain poison, to wit, white arsenic, with certain food, to wit, two quarts of meal, with intent then and there that the same should be cooked and eaten ” by one Lillian C. Cram, “ with the intent then and there to injure and kill ” said Lillian C. Cram. The second count was in the same language as the first, except that the words Elizabeth A. were used instead of…
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
1. The indictment was sufficient in form. Commonwealth v. Bearse, 108 Mass. 487. Commonwealth v. Galavan, 9 Allen, 271.
2. There being evidence to show that the bread and Indian meal contained the substance known as white arsenic, evidence to show a previous purchase or possession of white arsenic by the defendant would be clearly competent. And evidence to show that there was but one article called “ Rough on Rats,” that it was manufactured by one Wells, that it was a uniform article, and that the defendant had bought two boxes of this article prior to the time of the alleged attempt to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Commonwealth v. BearseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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