COMMONWEALTH v. YOUNG


326 Mass. 597 (1950)

96 N.E.2d 133

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN J. YOUNG.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.O. Proctor, (V.J. Cosgrove & R.K. Lamere with him,) for the defendant.

Edward M. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, (W.J. Foley, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him,) for the Commonwealth.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, J.

The defendant was found guilty by a judge of the Superior Court, sitting without jury, of manslaughter in causing the death of one Thomas Rivers. The trial was held under the provisions of G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended, and after imposition of sentence the defendant appealed to this court, assigning as error the denial of his motion for a finding of not guilty. We consider this denial as equivalent to a ruling that the evidence...

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