Com. v. Flood
| Court | Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts |
| Writing for the Court | FIELD, C.J. |
| Citation | Com. v. Flood, 152 Mass. 529, 25 N.E. 971 (Mass. 1890) |
| Decision Date | 28 November 1890 |
| Parties | COMMONWEALTH v. FLOOD. |
A.J. Waterman, Atty. Gen., for the Commonwealth.
J. & R.C. Brown, for defendant.
OPINION
So far as appears, the confessions were voluntary, and the defendant was not induced to make them by "any fear of personal injury, or hope of personal benefit of a temporal nature," threatened or promised by any person who, as he supposed, had "some power or authority to assure to him the promised good, or to cause or influence the threatened injury." See Com. v. Morey, 1 Gray, 461. Exceptions overruled.
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5 cases
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Commonwealth v. Green
...rule of law that an admission or even a confession is inadmissible in evidence because induced by a ruse or deception. Commonwealth v. Flood, 152 Mass. 529, 25 N.E. 971. Wigmore, Evidence (2d ed.) § 841. 3. The third assignment of St. Sauveur and the first of Green, are based upon the admis......
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Com. v. Bond
... ... admissible. Yet the appellate courts not infrequently hold ... them admissible. Com. v. Nott, 135 Mass. 269; ... Com. v. Myers, 160 Mass. 530, 532, 36 N.E. 481. See ... Com. v. Morey, 1 Gray, 461, 463; Com. v ... Tuckerman, 10 Gray, 173, 191, 192; Com. v ... Flood, 152 Mass. 529, 25 N.E. 971; Com ... [170 Mass. 44] ... v. Kenney, 12 Metc. (Mass.) 235, 237, 238. But the question ... is whether there was any evidence to justify the admission, ... even if a greater freedom is to be used in considering the ... evidence as a whole, and in disregarding a ... ...
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Commonwealth v. Green
... ... admission or even a confession is inadmissible in evidence ... because induced by a ruse or deception. Commonwealth v ... Flood, 152 Mass. 529 ... Wigmore, Evidence (2d ed.) ... Section 841 ... 3. The third ... assignment of St ... Sauveur and ... ...
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