Commonwealth v. Laffond

At issue is the validity of a regulation of the board of health of the town of Dalton forbidding any person from hauling garbage in a residential district during certain hours.1 The defendant was convicted of a single violation of the regulation and received a fine of $200. Before the commencement of the bench trial in the jury session of the District Court, the defendant moved to dismiss the complaint. The trial judge denied the motion and found that the defendant had violated the regulation. We affirm the judgment below.

The statement of agreed facts, which was adopted as findings of fact by…