Commonwealth v. Ehrlich

The defendant was tried and found guilty on a complaint that charged him with being concerned in the setting up, managing and drawing of a certain lottery for money. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 271, § 7. The exceptions are to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict of not guilty and to the admission of evidence.

The jury could have found that on May 18, 1940, police officers of the city of Boston went to the premises numbered 243 Columbia Road, in the Dorchester district, and rang an *499outside bell that bore the name “A. Ehrlich.” There was evidence that “the Ehrlichs” lived on the second floor…