State v. Moore

The defendant was indicted, and subsequently tried and convicted by a jury, of possession of burglar tools in violation of G. L. 1956, § 11-8-7. 1 The case is before us on the defendant’s bill of exceptions wherein he challenges the correctness of certain rulings made during the course of the trial and a certain portion of the trial justice’s charge to the jury.

The pertinent facts are as follows. Harold L. Grattage, an assistant manager at a “Benny’s, Inc.” store in Wake-field testified that on October 26, 1960, defendant, whom he identified in court during the course of the trial, purchased…