Commonwealth v. Haseotes

The defendant was convicted in the Superior Court by a judge sitting without a jury for violation of G. L. c. 98, § 56B, 1 and was fined $100. His excep- tians are to the denial of his motion for the entry of a finding of not guilty and to the finding of guilty. The defendant’s motion and his brief raise only the constitutional issues discussed below.

The evidence showed that the defendant was the secretary and treasurer of a corporation, Commonwealth Dairy Stores, Inc. (the company) that operated in the Suffolk County area about twenty retail stores carrying a fine of grocery products “much…