Commonwealth v. Owens

Of these four indictments, two against both defendants charge respectively assault by means of a dangerous weapon, and robbery, being armed and masked. A third charges both defendants and Gerald F. Mackin with conspiracy to rob and steal. A fourth charges the defendant Gerald Owens with unlawfully carrying on his person a revolver. The trial, which was subject to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, resulted in convictions. The cases are here on the defendants’ appeals, accompanied by assignments of error, summaries of the records, and a transcript of the evidence. Both defendants assign error in the…