Commonwealth v. Jones

The defendant was convicted upon an indictment for manslaughter in causing the death of Effie ' Barber. The defendant’s appeal is accompanied by an assignment of errors, a summary of the record, and a transcript of the evidence. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended by St. 1939, c. 341. Three assignments of error are argued.

I. The first assignment of error relates to the admission in evidence during the redirect examination of the medical examiner of three photographs showing a knife wound in the breast of the deceased. The medical examiner had given the photographs to counsel for…