Opinion · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth v. Bonner
Commonwealth v. Bonner, 97 Mass. 587 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1867)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Date
- 1867-11-15
- Topic
- general
Chapman, J. The description of the offence in the indictment *589is sufficiently precise and unequivocal. And the form is sustained in Commonwealth v. McDonald, 5 Cush. 365. The statute allowed the defendant, at his election, to become a witness.
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The description of the offence in the indictment
The statute allowed the defendant, at his election, to become a witness. St. 1866, c. 260. By availing himself of the privilege he assumed the character of a witness, and subjected himself to the liabilities incident to that position. The statute does not exempt him from cross-examination, and impeachment as a witness; and there is no reason why he should be exempt from it. Commonwealth v. Mullen, ante, 545. Gen. Sts. c. 131, § 13. Commonwealth v. Lannan, 13 Allen, 563.
Exceptions overruled.