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Commonwealth v. CrawfordCommonwealth v. Crawford

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jan 15, 1873
Reporters:
By the Court.

1. There is nothing in the bill of exceptions to show ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍that the proper papers were not transmitted to the Supe, rior Court, as required by the St. of 1862, c. 217, § 3.

2. The papers transmitted were ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍properly attested. It is within the scope of the powers conferred by the statutes upon the assist* *423ant clerks of the Municipal Court, for them to ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍attest the papers transmitted to the Superior Court.

3. There was no error in allowing an attested copy of the complaint to go to the ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍jury. The defendant certainly was not injured by allowing such copy to go to the jury instead of a full copy of the papers ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍containing a record of his conviction and sentence in the court below. Exceptions overruled.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Crawford
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Jan 15, 1873
Citation: 111 Mass. 422
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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