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Commonwealth v. HaganCommonwealth v. Hagan

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Mar 30, 1898
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Field
Field, C. J.

The evidence was competent that Varrdopolo found the stick ‍​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍broken with which one part of the door of the shop had been fastened, because this evidence tended to show ‍​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍that the shop had been broken into by somebody. We do not know what the answer was to the second ‍​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍question objected to, and therefore we do not know that the answer was prejudicial to the defendant, but the question ‍​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍in the connection in which it was put apparently related to the conduct of the defendant, and we cannot say ‍​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍that the court erred in allowing it to be put.

Exceptions overruled.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Hagan
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Mar 30, 1898
Citations: 49 N.E. 922; 170 Mass. 571; 1898 Mass. LEXIS 282
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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