COMMONWEALTH v. HOUSTON


332 Mass. 687 (1955)

127 N.E.2d 294

COMMONWEALTH vs. CHARLES HOUSTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Murphy, for the defendant.

John F. McAuliffe, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, J.

The defendant was tried on an indictment for the murder of one Henry Foster and was convicted of manslaughter. The case is here on his appeal, with a summary of the record, a transcript of the evidence, and an assignment of errors as provided in G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended. It was uncontroverted at the trial that, in the early evening of November 5, 1953, the defendant invited Foster...

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