Commonwealth v. Brown

Indictment on the Gen. Sts. c. 161, § 34, charging the defendants, on October 6, 1880, at Boston, with feloniously and knowingly having in their possession certain implements designed and adapted for breaking open buildings, in order to steal therefrom, and with the intent to use said implements for the purpose of such breaking and stealing. At the trial in the Superior Court, after the government had rested its case, the defendant Gilman became a witness in his own behalf, and denied any knowledge of said implements; and, on cross-examination, testified that, the morning after the arrest, in…