Commonwealth v. Alden

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Commonwealth v. Alden

14 Mass. 388

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedOctober 15, 1817

StatusPublished

Cited by1 cases

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Commonwealth v. Alden, 14 Mass. 388 (Mass. 1817).

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By the Court.

We think the indictment sufficient, and that the statute does not require the oath to be administered within the limits of the prison. There seems to be no assignable reason for such a provision ; and there are several reasons opposed to it. It is wisely left to the discretion of the magistrates to appoint a suitable [333]*333time and place; and a prisoner commits no escape in rendering himself at the time and place so appointed.

Motion overruled.

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By the Court.

We think the indictment sufficient, and that the statute does not require the oath to be administered within the limits of the prison. There seems to be no assignable reason for such a provision ; and there are several reasons opposed to it. It is wisely left to the discretion of the magistrates to appoint a suitable [333]*333time and place; and a prisoner commits no escape in rendering himself at the time and place so appointed.

Motion overruled.

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