COMMONWEALTH v. MATTHEWS


355 Mass. 378 (1969)

244 N.E.2d 908

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM C. MATTHEWS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

February 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. MacDonald for the defendant.

Anthony T. Petrocca, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


SPALDING, J.

The defendant was convicted under an indictment charging possession of burglarious tools. The sole question for decision arises out of his exception to the denial of a pre-trial motion to suppress certain evidence.

All of the evidence at the hearing on this motion came from Sergeant Bergin of the Brookline police department who testified in substance as follows: About 2:50 A.M. on July 2, 1966, Sergeant...

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