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 B. Magazu, who ran the poolroom in combination with a shoe store, testified as

C. Arrogni, a barber in South Braintree, gave the following

D. Arrogni's boss, Damato, swore to the same effect.

Even when completely disinterested, identification testimony runs all the grave hazards due to the frailties and fallibilities of human observation and memory. But Goodridge's testimony was, in addition to everything else, tainted with. At the time he was a witness for the Commonwealth, he was facing jail under an indictment for larceny to which he had pleaded guilty. The case "had been filed,"—that is, no sentence had been imposed,—and Goodridge