Commonwealth v. Pasquale

After a finding of guilty in the District Court the defendant on appeal was found guilty by a jury in the Superior Court upon a complaint which charged that on September 30, 1954, he "Did occupy or was found in a place, to wit: On Front Street (Opp. 182) with apparatus, books or device for registering bets, and did register bets on the speed of a horse.” Of his exceptions, the only one argued is that taken to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict of not guilty presented after he had rested at the conclusion of the Commonwealth’s evidence.

This evidence in substance was that the…