Commonwealth v. Hunt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth v. Hunt, 21 Mass. 252 (Mass. 1826)
Commonwealth v. Hunt
Opinion of the Court
Indictment alleging that “ Alva Hunt &c. in and upon one Peddy Harvey &c. did make an assault, and her the said Peddy Hunt then and there did beat, wound and ill-treat, with an intent her the said Peddy Harvey &c. to ravish,” &c. It was objected that the mistake in calling Peddy Harvey by the name of Peddy Hunt, vitiated the indictment; but' the Attorney General said the whole clause, “ and her the said Peddy Hunt then and there did beat, wound, and ill-treat,” might be rejected as surplusage; Stark. Cr. PI. 273 et seq. ;
See 1 Chitty’s Crina. Law, (3d Amer. ed.) 294, 295, notes.
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- Commonwealth versus Alva Hunt
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