Commonwealth v. Mahar

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Commonwealth v. Mahar

33 Mass. 120

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedOctober 15, 1834

StatusPublished

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Commonwealth v. Mahar, 33 Mass. 120 (Mass. 1834).

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But the Court being strongly inclined to the opinion that a conviction on such an indictment could not be sustained, thought it was proper to interfere at this time.

The attorney-general then moved to amend the indictment, and the prisoner’s counsel consented that the name of William Hayden, as owner of the house, should be inserted ; not in tending however to admit that Hayden was in fact the owner

But the Court were of opinion, that this was a case ii which an amendment could not be allowed, even with the. consent of the prisoner.

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But the Court being strongly inclined to the opinion that a conviction on such an indictment could not be sustained, thought it was proper to interfere at this time.

The attorney-general then moved to amend the indictment, and the prisoner’s counsel consented that the name of William Hayden, as owner of the house, should be inserted ; not in tending however to admit that Hayden was in fact the owner

But the Court were of opinion, that this was a case ii which an amendment could not be allowed, even with the. consent of the prisoner.

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33 Mass. 120, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-v-mahar-mass-1834.