Commonwealth v. Johnson

The complaint on which the defendant was tried and convicted charged him with stealing on February 7, 1923, fifty-nine pounds “ of rib roast of beef of the value of less than three hundred . . . dollars of the property of G. F. Richardson.” G. L. c. 266, § 30. The record fails to show any evidence either direct or circumstantial tending to support the verdict of guilty. The order of proof is immaterial. A witness for the Commonwealth, one Cornelius F. Driscoll, testified, that he was the proprietor of an express business and was present when an automobile was loaded with six packages, two…