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HANSEN v. COMMONWEALTH

344 Mass. 214 (1962)

181 N.E.2d 843

ERLING N. HANSEN & others vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 20, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Flamm & Stanley H. Rudman, (Lewis G. Pollock with them,) for the petitioners.

John R. Kewer, amicus curiae, argued by leave of court, (Lawrence E. Cooke, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth, and William F. Joy, William J. Fitzsimons, Philip A. Brine, Jr., & John M. Hogan, amici curiae, with him).

Lawrence M. Kearns, joined in a brief as amicus curiae.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, & KIRK, JJ.

SPALDING, J.

This is a petition for a writ of error to reverse eight judgments for contempt in the Superior Court. The case was reserved and reported by a single justice, without decision, upon the petition, the return of the Superior Court, the Commonwealth's plea in nullo est erratum, and certain documentary and oral evidence,1 for the determination of the full court.

The effect of the plea in nullo est erratum is to admit facts...

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