People v. Cannizzaro

DESMOND, J., pro tem.

The defendant appeals from judgments of conviction on two counts; the first charging him with violating chapter 339, Statutes of 1923, by possessing on or about April 26, 1933, “an instrument and weapon commonly known as a black-jack and billy”; the second charging a violation of the same law, as amended in 1931, Act 1970, section 2 (Deering’s Gen. Laws), and alleging that,' on or about the date mentioned, defendant was not a citizen of the United States, and that at that time he had “in his possession and custody, and under his control, a certain firearm, to-wit, a…