The defendants, Bottiglio and O'Connell, were convicted under indictments charging armed robbery and kidnapping at a trial which was subject to the provisions of G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. Both appealed.
The indictments arose out of the robbery of one Richard Ward, a vending machine serviceman, on February 22, 1966, in Charlestown. Ward testified that while taking cases of cigarettes from the...
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