97 Mass. 337
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 15, 1867
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1867-10-15
Indictment for larceny of three national bank bills of the denomination and value of five dollars each, from Jane Reed.
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Decided 1867-10-15
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently November 1911
3 state decisions
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¶11. The evidence rejected was not in any respect material to the defence.
¶22. If the fact of payment had been material, that fact was admitted in evidence. The receipts were merely the written acknowledgments of a third party, and, not being in themselves proof of the fact against the Commonwealth, added no weight to the testimony admitted. Exceptions overruled.