Commonwealth v. Curley

Jan 15, 1869
Reporters:
Before:
Colt
Colt, J.

Under the provisions of the Gen. Sts. c. 178, §§ 6, 7, the ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‍whole yard of a house of correction, though divided by a public street, against which it is suitably fenced and protected, ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‍must be regarded as adjoining or appurtenant within the terms of the statute. It is not required that the yard shall be ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‍immediately connected with the house itself. If it be a place entirely devoted to the purpose, sufficiently secure and suitably protected ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‍from all persons without, it is sufficient. The word appurtenant is not used in a technical sense in the statute, for ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‍land cannot be appurtenant to land, strictly speaking.

Judgment upon the verdict.