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Commonwealth v. GannonCommonwealth v. Gannon

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Oct 15, 1867
Reporters:
Before:
Bigelow
Bigelow, C. J.

The rule of law was correctly ‍​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‍stated in the instructions. The provisions of the statutes (Gen. Sts. c. 108) regulating ‍​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‍the rights and liabilities of married women as to their property and in certain civil ‍​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‍proceedings, have in nowise changed or modified the rules of evidence or the legal ‍​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‍presumptions applicable to them and their acts in criminal proceedings. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 28. Commonwealth v. ‍​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‍Burk, 11 Gray, 437. Commonwealth v. Feeney, 13 Allen, 560. Commonwealth v. Wood, ante, 225. Exceptions overruled.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Gannon
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Oct 15, 1867
Citation: 97 Mass. 547
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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