Commonwealth v. Loveridge

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Commonwealth v. Loveridge

11 Mass. 337

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedSeptember 15, 1814

StatusPublished

Cited by15 cases

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Commonwealth v. Loveridge, 11 Mass. 337 (Mass. 1814).

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The statute of 1783, c. 51, vesting certain powers in justices of the peace in criminal cases, requires them to commit to prison all persons guilty, or suspected to be guilty, of manslaughter, murder, and other capital offences, and [ * 338 ] to hold to bail those guilty of lesser * offences. The justice in this case, then, was wholly unauthorized to take this recognizance, which is therefore merely void. And the Court being of this opinion, the Solicitor-General entered a nolle prosequi to the scire facias.

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The statute of 1783, c. 51, vesting certain powers in justices of the peace in criminal cases, requires them to commit to prison all persons guilty, or suspected to be guilty, of manslaughter, murder, and other capital offences, and [ * 338 ] to hold to bail those guilty of lesser * offences. The justice in this case, then, was wholly unauthorized to take this recognizance, which is therefore merely void. And the Court being of this opinion, the Solicitor-General entered a nolle prosequi to the scire facias.

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