COMMONWEALTH v. BESSETTE


345 Mass. 358 (1963)

187 N.E.2d 810

COMMONWEALTH vs. RODOLPHE G. BESSETTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 31, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Quigley, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

George L. Rabb (Paul Levenson with him) for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

The Director of the Division of Waterways in the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth is the defendant in three indictments for perjury while testifying before the Commissioner of the department in a proceeding held pursuant to G.L.c. 31, § 43 (a) (as amended through St. 1959, c. 569, § 1). The defendant filed motions to quash which the judge has reported, without decision, on "important...

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