| Question 1: Its name was changed to the Supreme Judicial Court after the adoption of the ________ in 1780. | |||
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| Question 2: The defense counsel in the case was a young attorney named ________, later the second President of the United States. | |||
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| Question 3: In 1804 an official ________ was created to publish the court's decisions, and the first officially reported decision was Gold v. Eddy (1804). | |||
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| Question 4: The SJC is sits at the John Adams Courthouse, 1 Pemberton Square, ________ 02108, which also houses the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Social Law Library. | |||
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| Question 5: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is the highest court in the ________. | |||
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| Question 6: The seven Justices hear ________ on a broad range of criminal and civil cases between September and May. | |||
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| Question 7: Rex v. Wemms, et al. (1770) - Six soldiers involved in the ________ were found not guilty, and two more – the only two proven to have fired – were found guilty of manslaughter. | |||
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| Question 8: The Court consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices appointed by the ________ with the consent of the Governor's Council. | |||
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| Question 9: Commonwealth v. Nathaniel Jennison (1783) - The Court declared ________ unconstitutional in the state of Massachusetts by allowing slaves to sue their masters for freedom. | |||
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| Question 10: Rex v. Preston (1770) - Captain Thomas Preston, the Officer of the Day during the ________, was acquitted when the jury was unable to determine whether he had ordered the troops to fire. | |||
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