Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court January 7, 1886 (Commonwealth v. Hobbs)

C. Allen, J.

1. The indictment was sufficient in form. Commonwealth v. Bearse, 108 Mass. 487. Commonwealth v. Galavan, 9 Allen, 271.

2. There being evidence to show that the bread and Indian meal contained the substance known as white arsenic, evidence to show a previous purchase or possession of white arsenic by the defendant would be clearly competent.