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Commonwealth v. CreedCommonwealth v. Creed

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Mar 15, 1857
Reporters:
Before:
Dewey
Dewey, J.

The evidence of an assault committed in Chelsea ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‍in the county of Suffolk was properly admitted, and is not open to the objection of ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‍a variance from the indictment. Commonwealth v. Tolliver, ante, 386.

The indictment properly charges the manner in which the assault took ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‍place, and that, being armed with a dangerous weapon, the defendant committed an assault with intent ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‍to kill and murder. The exception to the ruling of the court, and also the motion ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‍of the defendant in arrest of judgment, are

Overruled.

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Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Creed
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Mar 15, 1857
Citation: 74 Mass. 387
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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