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Commonwealth v. GleasonCommonwealth v. Gleason

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Sep 15, 1872
Reporters:
Before:
Chapman
Chapman, C. J.

The indictment is signed by ‍​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‍the foreman of the grand jury as follows: “A. Burbank, foreman.” If ‍​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‍we assume that the signature contains only the initial letter of his ‍​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‍Christian name, it is sufficient; and though the motion to quash states ‍​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‍the objection made to the indictment in various ways, nothing more appears ‍​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‍to have been intended by it.

Exceptions overruled.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Gleason
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Sep 15, 1872
Citation: 110 Mass. 66
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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