Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1860

Commonwealth v. Skiffington

Commonwealth v. Skiffington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided January 15, 1860
80 Mass. 381

Commonwealth v. Skiffington

Opinion of the Court

The defendant, on her subsequent arraignment at said term, pleaded specially that there was no court of common pleas for said county, nor any court then in session, having jurisdiction of the indictment, and that the justice of the superior court then presiding had no jurisdiction or authority to take cognizance thereof. This plea and a similar motion in arrest of judgment-were overruled, and the defendant alleged exceptions, which were not argued for the defendant, and were

Overruled by this court.

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