Commonwealth v. Sturtivant

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1875-01-23

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Endicott, J. 1. There was evidence tending to show that three persons, Simeon Sturtivant, Thomas Sturtivant and Mary Buckley, were killed at the same time, by the same weapon. The government had the right to lay before the jury the whole transaction of which the murder of Simeon Sturtivant was a part. For this purpose the testimony of the physician, as to the autopsy of Mary Buckley, was competent. 2. The princ…

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