Commonwealth v. Gately

These two defendants were severally convicted in the Superior Court upon a complaint made by one Red-ding in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, charging that they, “ with force and arms, from the person of said Redding, did feloniously steal, take and carry away one stickpin of the value of five dollars of the goods, moneys and chattels of said Redding, on his person and in his possession then and there being,” etc. Each of the defendants was convicted in the Municipal Court, and Gately was sentenced there to imprisonment in the house of correction for the term of four months, and…