COMMONWEALTH v. CADWELL


374 Mass. 308 (1978)

372 N.E.2d 246

COMMONWEALTH vs. CALVIN T. CADWELL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

February 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. O'Connor for the defendant.

L. Jeffrey Meehan, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


KAPLAN, J.

The jury verdict of guilty in this case must be taken to establish that the defendant Cadwell, living in his house in Pittsfield with Mrs. Judith Gerwaski and her two children, inflicted injuries on the child Walter which caused his death. Walter, aged four, was a frail boy, weighing about twenty-five pounds, a slow learner, not yet fully toilet trained. The jury could believe that the defendant, vexed by the...

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