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COMMONWEALTH v. CARPENTER

325 Mass. 519 (1950)

91 N.E.2d 666

COMMONWEALTH vs. GEORGE P. CARPENTER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 29, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.A. Albert, for the defendant.

G. Miraldi, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, RONAN, WILKINS, & WILLIAMS, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

The complaint charges that at Boston on September 1, 1948, the defendant "did wilfully and unreasonably saunter and loiter in a certain public street ... called Columbus Avenue for more than seven minutes after being then lawfully directed there ... to move on" by a police officer. In the Superior Court the defendant waived trial by jury, and was tried, convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $20. The judge, being of opinion that there is involved a...

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