Commonwealth v. Hana

Knowlton, O. J.

Each of these defendants was found guilty upon a complaint made under the R,. L. c. 65, §§ 13-29, as amended by the St. 1905, c. 204, charging him with being a hawker and pedler and with exposing certain goods for sale without any authority or license therefor. The. evidence was substantially the same in both cases, which are before us on exceptions of the defendants.

The first question is whether the evidence warranted a finding that the defendant exposed the goods for sale. In each case the defendant called at a house and showed his card to a lady who resided there, which gave…