Commonwealth v. Blinn
| Decision Date | 25 November 1914 |
| Parties | COMMONWEALTH v. BLINN. |
| Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
W. Scott Peters, Harry J. Cole, and Fredk.
H. Tilton, all of Haverhill, for appellant.
John J. Burke, Asst. Dist. Atty., of Gloucester, for the Commonwealth.
This is an appeal from a decision of a justice of the superior court denying the defendant's motion to quash the indictment. The case comes to us upon the statement of the justice that he is 'of opinion that the question raised by the * * * appeal ought to be determined by the full court before any further proceedings in the trial court,' and he 'therefore reports the case for that purpose.'
The appeal is prematurely entered in this court and cannot now be considered by us. Neither R. L. c. 173, § 105, nor St. 1900, c. 311, applies to criminal cases. The only authority of a judge of the superior court to report a question of law to this court in a criminal case is derived from R. L. c. 219, § 34. Com. v. Burton, 183 Mass. 461, 473, 67 N.E. 419; Com. v. Intoxicating Liquors, 105 Mass. 468. Since there has been no conviction the report is not warranted by this statute.
Report discharged.
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