Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1817

Commonwealth v. Alden

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1817

14 Mass. 388

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Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

We think the indictment sufficient, and that the statute does not require the oath to be administered within the limits of the prison. There seems to be no assignable reason for such a provision ; and there are several reasons opposed to it. It is wisely left to the discretion of the magistrates to appoint a suitable *333time and place; and a prisoner commits no escape in rendering himself at the time and place so appointed.

Motion overruled.

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