People v. Palmisano

The defendant, with two others, is charged with the crime of conspiracy in that the three conspired to defraud the complainant of the sum of $250. It is asserted that one of the three conspirators hired an automobile from Hertz Drive-Ur-Self-Stations, a corporation, under an arrangement by which the corporation was to indemnify the operator of the car against claims for damages for injuries sustained by third persons as a result of the use of the car; that a fraudulent claim for damages was reported to the corporation; that thereafter the claim was settled for $250, which was paid to this…