Commonwealth v. Keenan

Doty, J.,

Defendant, Joseph A. Keenan, a licensed private detective, was indicted on the charge of blackmail in two bills of indictment (August sessions, 1961, nos. 33 and 34), and he was also charged with accepting bawd money (July sessions, 1961, no. 1255), pandering (July sessions, 1961, no. 1256), and prostitution and assignation (July sessions, 1961, no. 1257).

All charges were tried by the court sitting without a jury on January 15, 1962. The blackmail cases were tried first and, at the conclusion of the evidence, adjudication was deferred to give defense counsel an opportunity, which he…