Commonwealth v. Antonelli

In April, 1961, the defendant was sentenced to the Barnstable County House of Correction “to be confined at hard labor in and within the precincts of said House of Correction for the term of one year and to stand committed according to said sentence.” On June 23,1961, the defendant was verbally ordered by the deputy master of the Barnstable County House of Correction to accompany prison guard Philip Creen to Middleboro, in the county of Plymouth, for the purpose of getting a truck load of sawdust for use at the Barnstable County House of Correction. The guard was employed at the Barnstable…