Gilday v. Commonwealth

The special master and commissioner, to whom were referred consolidated petitions for writs of error attacking three judgments of conviction of the petitioner Gilday dated in 1956 and 1964, held hearings and rendered a detailed report recommending that the convictions be affirmed. A single justice of this court entered an order overruling objections to the report and confirming the report, and thereafter entered judgments affirming the three convictions. The petitioner takes his appeal from these judgments. We affirm.

1. A preliminary point: The petitioner, an inmate of Massachusetts…