Commonwealth v. Bottiglio

The defendants, Bottiglio and O’Connell, were convicted under indictments charging armed robbery and kidnapping at a trial which was subject to the provisions of G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. Both appealed.

The indictments arose out of the robbery of one Richard Ward, a vending machine serviceman, on February 22, 1966, in Charlestown. Ward testified that while taking cases of cigarettes from the rear of a truck, he heard someone say, “don’t move.” That person, whom he identified in court as the defendant O’Connell, at gunpoint ordered him to lie down inside the truck. The defendant Bottiglio got…