HALE, C.J.
This case comes before us on the Commonwealth's appeal from the dismissal of a complaint (no. 4146) on the ground of double jeopardy by a judge sitting in the six-man jury session of a District Court. On July 21, 1978, a complaint issued (no. 12980) charging the defendant with begetting an illegitimate child on or about the tenth day of August, 1977. At the conclusion of a trial held on February 5, 1979, the judge expressly found and stated on the record...
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