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Commonwealth v. ChristieCommonwealth v. Christie

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Nov 5, 1887
Reporters:
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By the Court.

The court was not ‍​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍required by law to give the instruction requested by the ‍​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍defendant. The instructions given, that the government must prove all its ‍​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍material allegations beyond reasonable doubt, and that the jury were ‍​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍to consider the intelligence, memory, and accuracy of the witness ‍​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍Sprague, were sufficient and appropriate.

Exceptions overruled.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Christie
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Nov 5, 1887
Citations: 13 N.E. 614; 145 Mass. 232; 1887 Mass. LEXIS 58
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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