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Commonwealth v. ElliottCommonwealth v. Elliott

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Nov 28, 1876
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By the Court.

The court below erred in ruling, ‍‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍as matter of law, that if the defendant ‘i stopped in Haymarket Square for the time ‍‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍and in the manner testified to by the witness for *369the government, occasionally moving backwards and ‍‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍forwards in front of the depot, and confining himself to that locality, he would be ‍‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍guilty of standing in violation of the by-law,” instead of submitting the case to the jury ‍‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍upon all the evidence, with proper instructions. Exceptions sustained.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Elliott
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Nov 28, 1876
Citations: 121 Mass. 367; 1876 Mass. LEXIS 387
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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