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Commonwealth v. BurlingtonCommonwealth v. Burlington

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jan 31, 1884
Reporters:
,
Before:
Field
Field, J.

The motion to quash was ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‍rightly overruled. The complaint followed the words of the statute, and ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‍set forth with certainty all the elements necessary to constitute the ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‍offence. Commonwealth v. Barrett, 108 Mass. 302. Commonwealth v. Tiffany, 119 Mass. 300. Commonwealth v. Malloy, 119 Mass. 347. The evidence objected to ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‍was rightly admitted. It tended to show that the defendant intentionally ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‍neglected to support his daughter.

Exceptions overruled.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Burlington
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Jan 31, 1884
Citations: 136 Mass. 435; 1884 Mass. LEXIS 132
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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