Commonwealth v. Bragg

The complaint charges that on November' 30, 1950, the defendant “did take shellfish, to wit: clams, from the shores, flats or waters within the city of Quincy without first obtaining a permit therefor from the board of license commissioners of the city” in violation of a city ordinance. In the Superior Court the case was submitted to a judge on a statement of agreed facts, and the'defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $5. Being of opinion that there is involved a question of law so important or doubtful as to require the decision of this court, the judge, with the consent of the defendant,…