Commonwealth v. Saeli

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

The defendant was tried in the court below upon an indictment containing four counts. We are here concerned with the fourth only, which charges private selling of lottery tickets.

The defendant filed a motion at the end of the taking of the testimony, requesting the court to direct a verdict for him on all counts; this was refused. The court instructed the jury, however, that there was insufficient evidence to support the first three counts and submitted for their consideration the fourth count. The jury found the defendant guilty.

The appellant complains of a number of…