COMMONWEALTH v. GORDON


354 Mass. 722 (1968)

242 N.E.2d 399

COMMONWEALTH vs. BERTRAM GORDON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben Goodman for the defendant.

Manuel V. McKenney, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

John G.S. Flym, for the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


WILKINS, C.J.

The complaint in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston charged that on November 2, 1967, the defendant "was a hawker and peddler and as such did expose for sale certain goods, wares and merchandise, to wit: peanuts, ice cream, and popcorn, the said Gordon not having any license, appointment, or authority according to law so to do." G.L.c. 101, § 14.1 At the trial on appeal in the Superior Court the defendant filed...

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