Commonwealth v. Famigletti

The defendant, who was at all times material the superintendent of the cemetery department of the city of Quincy, appeals (G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G) from four convictions each under a separate indictment. One of the indictments charged that the defendant “being a municipal employee did... directly solicit and accept money for himself to perform an act within his official responsibility in violation of Chapter Two Hundred and Sixty-Eight A, Section Three (b) of the Massachusetts General Laws.” Particulars furnished by the Commonwealth specified, among other matters, that the defendant on July…