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COMMONWEALTH v. VALCOURT

333 Mass. 706 (1956)

133 N.E.2d 217

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM E. VALCOURT (and eleven companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 9, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Blake, Jr., for the defendant Valcourt.

James D. St. Clair, for the defendant Reynolds.

Edward M. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, (Donald P. Brennan with him,) for the Commonwealth.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, SPALDING, & COUNIHAN, JJ.

SPALDING, J.

Early in the morning of June 24, 1953, a fire destroyed an apartment house at 40 Isabella Street, Boston, causing the death of three of the tenants, Camille Quinette, Albertine Gauchet, and Delia O'Connor. Subsequently the defendants William E. Valcourt and Edward A. Reynolds were indicted for various offences arising out of the fire. The defendant Valcourt was charged with (1) murder in the second degree, ...

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