COMMONWEALTH v. DIXON


352 Mass. 420 (1967)

225 N.E.2d 919

COMMONWEALTH vs. GEORGE DIXON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karnig Boyajian for the defendant.

William J. Doyle, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


KIRK, J.

The defendant, having waived his right to trial by jury, was found guilty by the judge of wilfully and maliciously burning a dwelling house (G.L.c. 266, § 1) at West Concord Street, Boston, on April 27, 1966. The case, tried subject to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, is before us on appeal with assignments of error.

We summarize the evidence in light most favorable to the Commonwealth. One Amado owned two adjoining buildings at 132-134 West...

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