COMMONWEALTH v. ROSELLI


335 Mass. 38 (1956)

138 N.E.2d 607

COMMONWEALTH vs. ANTHONY ROSELLI (and three companion cases against the same defendant).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

November 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Sullivan, for the defendant.

John J. Harrington, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, SPALDING, WILLIAMS, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

About nine o'clock in the evening of November 18, 1947, Richard Coffin and his wife returned to their home in Dartmouth. Upon entering it they were met by three partially masked men, all of whom were armed. Coffin was beaten until he was unconscious and Mrs. Coffin, at gun point, was ordered to open a safe on the second floor from which the intruders took jewelry, the value of which was in excess of $200,000. After binding Mrs. Coffin and her husband...

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