People v. McKinney

GOULD, J., pro tem.

Accused by information, tried by a jury and found guilty of having in his possession what is commonly known as a “sap” or blackjack, defendant appeals to this court upon the sole ground that there was not sufficient evidence introduced at his trial to sustain the verdict of the jury. Mere possession of a blackjack or similar instrument is denounced as a felony by the Deadly Weapons Act (sec. 1, Act 1970, Deering’s Gen. Laws, 1931, p. 900).

The instrument in this case was found, not on the person of defendant, but in a suitcase under the bed in a room occupied jointly by him…