Commonwealth v. Hyland

Nov 24, 1891
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Holmes
Holmes, J.

The jury may have ‍​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‍disbelieved the defendant’s testimony. In that case the ‍​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‍fact that he and his wife lived together in ‍​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‍his tenement was competent evidence to prove that she ‍​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‍acted as his agent. Commonwealth v. Coughlin, 14 Gray, 389. Commonwealth v. Reynolds, 114 Mass. ‍​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‍306. Commonwealth v. Locke, 145 Mass. 401. Exceptions overruled.