Commonwealth v. McCarthy

The defendants McCarthy, Burke and Cotter were found guilty on an indictment charging conspiracy to steal the property of persons unknown. The defendants asked for specifications of time and the place “where the alleged crime was committed.” The Commonwealth answered, that it was unable to specify the exact date on which the conspiracy was formed “but it was somewhere in the vicinity of August 1, 1929, when a conspiracy was formed in the city of Cambridge or its vicinity.” The case is before us on the exceptions of McCarthy and Cotter.

There was evidence from police officer Falvey that he was…