COMMONWEALTH v. CHARLAND


338 Mass. 742 (1959)

157 N.E.2d 538

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM P. CHARLAND.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

April 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. McInerney, for the defendant.

No argument nor brief for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, COUNIHAN, & CUTTER, JJ.


WILLIAMS, J.

The defendant was convicted of a violation of that portion of G.L.c. 90, § 24 (2) (a), which imposes a penalty for operating a motor vehicle upon any way or in any place to which the public has a right of access negligently so that the lives or safety of the public might be endangered. See Commonwealth v. Pentz, 247 Mass. 500. Exceptions on which the defendant relies relate to the failure of the judge to "sequester" the jury, to his...

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