Commonwealth v. Grace

The defendant was indicted and convicted under G. L. c. 266, § 15, of the crime of breaking and entering in the night time the dwelling house of one George B. McCallum with intent to steal, and the larceny therein of “one screw-driver of the value of twenty-five cents, and fifteen bottles of champagne of the value of more than one hundred dollars,” the property of said McCallum. The defendant was also indicted and convicted under G. L. c. 266, § 49, for knowingly having in his possession burglarious implements and intending to use them as such. One exception was saved to the admission of…