Suits conducted in Behalf of State Boards and Commissions,

132

Cases arising under the Act limiting the Height of Buildings

* Of this amount $616.21 has been collected as costs of suits and paid to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

To the General Court.

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-General,
BOSTON, Jan. 20, 1904.

In compliance with Revised Laws, chapter 7, section 8, I submit my report for the year ending this day.

The cases requiring the attention of the office during the year, to the number of 1,928, are tabulated below:

Bastardy complaints,

Collateral inheritance tax cases,

3

355

Corporate collections made without suit,

91

Extradition and interstate rendition,

Health, State Board of, petitions against,

Corporation returns enforced without suit,

Dissolutions of corporations, voluntary petitions for,

Grade crossings, petitions for abolition of,

Height of buildings, limitation of, cases arising therefrom,
Informations at the relation of the Civil Service Commissioners,
Informations at the relation of the Commissioner of Corporations,
Informations at the relation of private persons,

242

82

48

129

20

48

1

13

9

Informations at the relation of the Treasurer and Receiver-General,.

81

Indictments for murder,

14

Land-damage cases arising through the alteration of grade crossings,

Land-damage cases arising from the taking of land by the Harbor
and Land Commissioners,
Land-damage cases arising from the taking of land by the Massa-
chusetts Highway Commission,
Land-damage cases arising from the taking of land by the Metro-
politan Park Commission,
Land-damage cases arising from the taking of land by the Metro-
politan Water and Sewerage Board,

Miscellaneous cases arising from the work of the above-named
commissions,

Miscellaneous cases,

Public charitable trusts,

Settlement cases for support of insane paupers,

7

22

123

CAPITAL CASES.

Indictments for murder pending at the date of the last annual report have been disposed of as follows:

DEMETRIO BAGNI of Plymouth, indicted in Plymouth County, February, 1902, for the murder of Elizabeth Ferioli, at Plymouth, Oct. 22, 1901. He was arraigned Feb. 28, 1902, and pleaded not guilty. William H. Osborn and John J. Mansfield were assigned by the court as counsel for the defendant. In June, 1902, the defendant was tried by a jury, before Hardy and Stevens, JJ. The jury failed to agree upon a verdict, and on Oct. 5, 1903, this indictment was placed on file. The case was in charge of Asa P. French, district attorney.

ANDREAS SAMICZKI of Southwick, indicted in Hampden County, September, 1902, for the murder of Anna Samiczki, at Southwick, Sept. 14, 1902. He was arraigned Dec. 24, 1902, and pleaded not guilty. Charles C. Spellman was assigned as counsel for the defendant. On Dec. 29, 1903, he retracted his former plea, and pleaded guilty of murder in the second degree. This plea was accepted by the government, and on Dec. 29, 1903, the defendant was sentenced to State Prison for life. The case was in charge of District Attorney John F. Noxon.

EDWARD CARTER, alias GEORGE EDWARDS, and GEORGE H. BLAKE, indicted in Middlesex County, June, 1902, for the murder of Thomas Keefe, at Everett, Feb. 20, 1902. They were arraigned June 12, 1902, and pleaded not guilty. John J. Walsh and Thomas P. Riley were assigned by the court as counsel for the defendants. On Oct. 13, 1902, the defendants were placed on trial by a jury before Harris and Lawton, JJ. The result was a verdict of not guilty for Blake and a verdict of murder in the second degree for Carter. On June 8, 1903, Carter was sentenced to State Prison. for life. The case was in charge of District Attorney George A. Sanderson.