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33 Mass. 120

Commonwealth v. Mahar

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 15, 1834

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1834-10-15

An indictment for a capital arson was found against the nefendant, in the Court of Common Pleas, and transmitted to this Court; and now upon his arraignment, before a full bench, his counsel objected that the indictment was defective, because it did not state the name of the owner of the dwellinghouse set on fire.

Decided 1834-10-15

¶1But 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.

¶2The 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

¶3But 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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