Commonwealth v. Bestin

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Commonwealth v. Bestin

77 Mass. 54

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedSeptember 15, 1858

StatusPublished

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Commonwealth v. Bestin, 77 Mass. 54 (Mass. 1858).

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No appeal lies from the court of common pleas to this court in a criminal case; but the remedy is by exceptions.

contended that no appeal lay from the court of common pleas to this court in a criminal case — that right having been abolished by St. 1839, c. 161; and the St. of 1840, c. 87, giving an appeal in all matters of law apparent upon the face of the record, being confined to civil cases — and that the defendant should have filed a bill of exceptions. And of that opinion were the court. Case remitted to court of common pleas.

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No appeal lies from the court of common pleas to this court in a criminal case; but the remedy is by exceptions.

contended that no appeal lay from the court of common pleas to this court in a criminal case — that right having been abolished by St. 1839, c. 161; and the St. of 1840, c. 87, giving an appeal in all matters of law apparent upon the face of the record, being confined to civil cases — and that the defendant should have filed a bill of exceptions. And of that opinion were the court. Case remitted to court of common pleas.

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77 Mass. 54, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-v-bestin-mass-1858.