Commonwealth v. Palladino

Under an indictment charging unarmed robbery, the defendant was found guilty. The case was tried subject to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and comes here by appeal.

There was evidence of the following: Mrs. Norma Cort was employed as a bookkeeper by the Sidney Hill Country Club in Newton. Early in the afternoon of January 22, 1962, she placed cash and checks amounting to $1,931.64 in a plastic pouch which she was to take to a bank for the purpose of making a deposit. Between 2:35 and 2:45 p.m. she went to the club’s parking space where her automobile was parked, carrying the pouch in her left hand…