Commonwealth v. Flaherty

The defendant was convicted after a trial held subject to the provisions of G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, on indictments charging him with unlawfully carrying a revolver on his person and with armed robbery while masked. The defendant is here on four assignments of error.

We summarize the facts. About 4:00 p.m. on November 5, 1971, the office of the Household Finance Corporation located on the second floor of 294 Washington Street, Boston, was held up by a man carrying a black and white revolver and with a handkerchief covering his face from the middle of his nose downward. The robber confronted…