207 Mass. 25 | Mass. | 1910
The defendant was tried upon an indictment which charged him and others with buying, receiving and aiding in the concealment of stolen cloth. The evidence consisted of agreed facts in substance to the effect the defendant, knowing that the cloth had been stolen and was in the possession of his brother in law, one Rosenberg, in the house where the defendant lived, sought out one Marshall, and offered for a commission to send to him a man who had some stolen cloth to sell. Marshall, who, in fact was investigating the thefts, said, “ Send the man to me and I will buy the cloth and pay you two and one half cents commission on each yard.” Subsequently Rosenberg brought the cloth to Marshall and sold it to him, and the defendant received a commission from both Marshall and Rosenberg. The only question presented is whether the defendant’s request that
.'Exceptions overruled.