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Commonwealth v. DowdicanCommonwealth v. Dowdican

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

1. The ‍‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍testimony of the witness Knowles was competent.

2. ‍‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍The instructions given were apt and sufficient, ‍‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍and adopted in substance the defendant’s ‍‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍prayer.

8. The other questions raised are decided ‍‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍in Commonwealth v Owens, ante, 252.

Exceptions overruled.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Dowdican
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Nov 15, 1873
Citation: 114 Mass. 257
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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