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Commonwealth v. McPherson

18 N.E. 417, 147 Mass. 578, 1888 Mass. LEXIS 165
CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
DecidedNovember 13, 1888
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
Commonwealth v. McPherson, 18 N.E. 417, 147 Mass. 578, 1888 Mass. LEXIS 165 (Mass. 1888).

Opinion

Morton, C. J.

The statute prescribes no time within which the certified copies of the conviction, and other proceedings in a criminal case, shall be transmitted to the clerk of the Superior Court by the trial justice or the police or district court from whose judgment an appeal is taken. Pub. Sts. c. 154, § 39. Pub. Sts. c. 155, § 60. It is sufficient if they are produced in the Superior Court at any time during the term then next to be held in the county, and before the defendant is called upon to plead. Commonwealth v. Magoun, 14 Gray, 398. Commonwealth v. Wiggin, 111 Mass. 428.

Exceptions overruled.

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Commonwealth v. Wiggin
111 Mass. 428 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1873)

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18 N.E. 417, 147 Mass. 578, 1888 Mass. LEXIS 165, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-v-mcpherson-mass-1888.