Commonwealth v. Croft

An indictment, drawn in two counts, charged the defendant in count 1 with unlawful possession of heroin and in count 2 with possession of heroin with the intent unlawfully to sell and deliver it. He was tried before a jury, found guilty on each count, and sentenced to a term of not more than ten years and not less than seven years. The defendant is here on his exception to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict on count 2.

There was evidence that several police officers went to the defendant’s home at 564 Warren Street, Roxbury, on March 21,1961; that some of the officers engaged in a…