Commonwealth v. Hussey
Cases that cite this one
8 later published cases cite this decision.
- State v. Massey (N.M. 1954)
- State v. Warner (Utah 1930)
- State v. Judd (Iowa 1906)
- Commonwealth v. Smith (Mass. App. Ct. 1999)
- Commonwealth v. Gallant (Mass. 1977)
- Commonwealth v. Gricus (Mass. 1944)
- People ex rel. Sheldon v. Curtin (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1912)
- State v. McGruder (Iowa 1904)
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Opinion of the Court
We are of opinion that the definition of what constitutes carnal knowledge of the body of a woman must be the same in prosecutions for adultery as in prosecutions for rape, and that according to the weight of authority the instructions given in the present case were correct. Commonwealth v. Squires, 97 Mass. 59. See Commonwealth v. Roosnell, 143 Mass. 32; Comstock v. State, 14 Neb. 205; State v. Shields, 45 Conn. 256; Osgood v. State, 64 Wis. 472; Waller v. State, 40 Ala. 325; People v. Crowley, 102 N. Y. 234; 9 George IV. c. 31, § 18; 24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, § 63; 2 Bish. Crim. Law, §§ 1127-1132; 1 East P. C. 436-440; Regina v. Jordan, 9 C. & P. 118; 3 Greenl. Ev. § 210.
Exceptions overruled.
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