Commonwealth v. Gale

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Commonwealth v. Gale

77 Mass. 320

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedOctober 15, 1858

StatusPublished

This text of 77 Mass. 320 (Commonwealth v. Gale) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Commonwealth v. Gale, 77 Mass. 320 (Mass. 1858).

Pincite

Opinion

By the Court.

The evidence offered by the defendant was rightly rejected as irrelevant; and the evidence that the defendant was generally known by the name stated in the indictment was clearly competent. The question whether a person is as well known by one name as another is a question of reputation, of custom and usage, and not to be determined by records, nor limited to names used in his presence. The evidence of the abbreviated or familiar names by which he was addressed was either corroborative, or immaterial, and its admission affords no ground of exception. Exceptions overruled.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

By the Court.

The evidence offered by the defendant was rightly rejected as irrelevant; and the evidence that the defendant was generally known by the name stated in the indictment was clearly competent. The question whether a person is as well known by one name as another is a question of reputation, of custom and usage, and not to be determined by records, nor limited to names used in his presence. The evidence of the abbreviated or familiar names by which he was addressed was either corroborative, or immaterial, and its admission affords no ground of exception. Exceptions overruled.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

77 Mass. 320, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-v-gale-mass-1858.