Commonwealth v. O'Hanlon
This text of 29 N.E. 518 (Commonwealth v. O'Hanlon) 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.
Opinion
Under the complaint, the defendant could be convicted of two sales, and no more. The jury were instructed by the court to disregard all evidence of any sales except those relied on by the district attorney. It is to be presumed that they followed the instructions. It was within the discretion of the court to permit the district attorney to elect upon which sales he would rely. Commonwealth v. Bennett, 118 Mass. 443, 453.
The motion in arrest of judgment is disposed of by the case of Commonwealth v. Taber, ante, 5. Exceptions overruled.
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