Opinion · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth v. Drew
4 Mass. 391
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Date
- 1808-05-15
- Topic
- employee-benefits-and-executive-compensation
How later courts describe this case
- describing deadly weapon as one that would “necessarily,” was “likely to,” or would “probably,” kill or do great bodily harm
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- 36 opinions
The Court
did not inquire into the truth of these allegations ; observing that if they were proved, they could not avail the prisoner .on any legal principles, by which alone the Court must be bound; and if they supported any equitable claims to favor for the prisoner, he might apply to the supreme executive, who had power [*400] to cause the sentence to be * executed, or who could pardon it absolutely, or on condition, at its discretion.
Judgment of death was then pronounced against the prisoner