Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1874

Commonwealth v. Shea

Commonwealth v. Shea
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided April 10, 1874
115 Mass. 102; 1874 Mass. LEXIS 159

Commonwealth v. Shea

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

The sufficiency of the indictment and correctness of the ruling upon the burden of proof have both been repeatedly affirmed. Commonwealth v. Kennedy, 108 Mass. 292. Commonwealth v. Conneally, 108 Mass. 480.

Exceptions overruled.*

A similar decision was made June 16, 1874, in the case of

Commonwealth vs. Michael Hanley,

wrgued by the same counsel.

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