98 Mass. 6 | Mass. | 1867
1. The objections to the form of the complaints, not having been taken at the trial of the cases before the magistrate, are not now open to the defendant. St. 1864, c. 250 § 2. Commonwealth v. Walton, 11 Allen, 240.
3. There is nothing in the bill of exceptions from which it can be inferred that the defendant was aggrieved by the ruling of the court in permitting the jury to judge whether one of the alleged minors was under age from his appearance on the stand. There are cases where such an inspection would be satisfactory evidence of the fact. It certainly was not incompetent for the jury to take his appearance into consideration in passing on the question of his age; and, as it does not appear that this may not have afforded plenary evidence of the fact, the defendant fails to show that he was convicted on insufficient evidence, or that he has been prejudiced by the ruling of the court.
Exceptions overruled.