Commonwealth v. Conway

Opinion by

Flood, J.,

This appeal from defendant’s conviction of bookmaking is based upon the trial judge’s failure to submit the question of entrapment to the jury.

The appellant was a cab driver. The Commonwealth’s testimony was that on November 19,1959, Mrs. Esposito, a county agent, investigating a complaint about horse betting asked another cab driver where she could place a bet. He introduced her to the defendant. The defendant then told her he could get a bet in for her. She gave him $6 to bet on a horse “across the board”. He took the money and said he would do so. She gave him…