Commonwealth v. Farrar

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

The defendant was indicted for and found guilty of a conspiracy to forcibly enter a dwelling house.

As an employe of a private detective agency, he was ordered to obtain possession of an automobile which had been leased to one, Morris Gardner, who had defaulted in his payments. The defendant invited a friend, not connected with the agency, by the name of Franklin, to accompany him and to drive the leased automobile, if he was successful in his mission. They failed to locate the car until about three o’clock the morning following the beginning of their search, when they…