State v. Lisi

This is an indictment charging a violation of G. L. 1956, §31-27-l. 1 The case was tried to a superior court justice and a jury which found the defendant guilty as charged. It is before us on the defendant's bill of exceptions, in the prosecution of which he presses two assignments of error. These are that the trial justice erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict or otherwise erred in denying his motion for a new trial.

The circumstances out of which the charge against defendant resulted are readily summarized. At or about 4:15 on the afternoon of September 29, 1963, a 71 year-old…