MURPHY v. COMMONWEALTH


354 Mass. 81 (1968)

235 N.E.2d 552

DANIEL MURPHY vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence F. O'Donnell (John B. Greene with him) for the petitioner.

Willie J. Davis, Assistant Attorney General (John F. McAuliffe, Assistant District Attorney, with him), for the Commonwealth.

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


WILKINS, C.J.

The issues raised by this petition for writ of error, which has been reserved and reported by the single justice without decision, are the validity of the action of a judge of the Superior Court in finding the petitioner guilty of criminal contempt and committing him to jail for one year (following the term he was serving in the House of Correction) for failure to answer two questions when a witness before a...

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