Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1892

Commonwealth v. O'Hanlon

Commonwealth v. O'Hanlon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided January 6, 1892 · Morton
155 Mass. 198; 29 N.E. 518; 1892 Mass. LEXIS 279

Counsel

J. Brown, for the defendant., A. E. Pillsbury, Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth v. O'Hanlon

Opinion of the Court

Morton, J.

Under the complaint, the defendant could be convicted of two sales, and no more. The jury were instructed by the court to disregard all evidence of any sales except those relied on by the district attorney. It is to be presumed that they followed the instructions. It was within the discretion of the court to permit the district attorney to elect upon which sales he would rely. Commonwealth v. Bennett, 118 Mass. 443, 453.

The motion in arrest of judgment is disposed of by the case of Commonwealth v. Taber, ante, 5. Exceptions overruled.

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