Commonwealth v. Jones

The defendant appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from convictions on two indictments each charging an unarmed robbery. G. L. c. 265, § 19. He assigns as error the refusal of the judge to direct verdicts on so much of the indictments as charged unarmed robbery, on the basis that the evidence in each case disclosed at most larceny and not robbery.

The pertinent evidence was as follows: On the evening of December 14, 1970, at approximately 6:30 P.M., Mrs. Florence Spring and her daughter, Miss Madeline Spring, left their apartment in Dorchester to go shopping by automobile. Each lady was…