Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1888

Commonwealth v. Lord

Commonwealth v. Lord
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 13, 1888
147 Mass. 399; 18 N.E. 67; 1888 Mass. LEXIS 117

Commonwealth v. Lord

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

It was sufficient to prove that the offence charged was committed during a substantial part of the time named in the complaint. Commonwealth v. Kerrissey, 141 Mass. 110. The use of the word “ continually ” was unnecessary. It does not change or affect the identity of the offence charged, and it may be disregarded as surplusage.

Exceptions overruled.

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