People v. Leavitt

On April 22,1949, shortly after 10:00 p.m., State troopers accompanied by a detective of the Utica police department drove to a residence in Westmoreland. One of the State troopers noticed a truck backed against the porch. He described it as a ‘ ‘ van-type affair with a canvas covering the back opening of the van.” He testified that he lifted the canvas and observed two men on the truck. One of them was the defendant. The other was one West. Defendant was standing and was not engaged in any activity. There were on the truck a great many closed cardboard boxes, a machine capable of folding…