COMMONWEALTH v. STAPPEN


336 Mass. 174 (1957)

143 N.E.2d 221

COMMONWEALTH vs. CHARLES F. STAPPEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfred S. Mirsky, for the defendant.

William A. Doherty, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.


WILLIAMS, J.

The defendant was indicted in two counts for failure to provide for the support of his wife and two minor children. G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 273, § 1. Previous to trial he filed a motion for "a blood test under provisions" of G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 273, § 12A, to the allowance of which the Commonwealth objected on the ground that § 12A was inapplicable to proceedings for nonsupport under § 1. The judge of the Superior Court to whom the motion...

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