Commonwealth v. Chesley
Cases that cite this one
7 later published cases cite this decision.
- Commonwealth v. DiStasio (Mass. 1937)
- State v. Pearson (R.I. 1928)
- Commonwealth v. Campopiano (Mass. 1926)
- Commonwealth v. Marsino (Mass. 1925)
- United States v. Phelan (District Court, D. Massachusetts 1917)
- Territory of New Mexico v. Lobato (N.M. 1913)
- State v. Buzzell (N.H. 1879)
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Opinion of the Court
This indictment is to be taken as sufficient. No question was raised at the trial in regard to it, and it is too late to raise any formal objection to it now.
The evidence objected to was admissible. It was necessary, in order to prove the offence, to show that the pretences used were false, and were effectual in accomplishing the fraud charged. Commonwealth v. Hulbert, 12 Met. 446.
If the defendant relied upon a former acquittal, he should have pleaded it specially, so that issue might have been taken upon it, either to the court or the jury. It cannot be proved under the general issue. Commonwealth v. Merrill, 8 Allen, 545. The record in the present case showed that the former acquittal waa
Exceptions overruled.
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