Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1874

Commonwealth v. O'Reilly

Commonwealth v. O'Reilly
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided September 25, 1874 · Gray
116 Mass. 15; 1874 Mass. LEXIS 5
Commonwealth v. O'Reilly

Opinion of the Court

Gray, C. J.

The evidence was conflicting and was rightly submitted to the jury. The instruction given followed, and the instruction requested disregarded, the plain words of the statute, — “ own, possess or keep.” St. 1869, c. 415, §§ 31, 36.

Exceptions overruled.

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