Commonwealth v. Whitman

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

The question here is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction of the appellant on the charges of possession of burglary tools 1 and violation of the Uniform Firearms Act. 2

William Whitman, James M. Cononico and William N. Graham of Warren, Ohio, were arrested in the Borough of Pleasant Hills, Allegheny County, late on the night of October 30, 1960, after being stopped by an officer because their automobile’s tail light was not illuminated. The automobile was being operated by Cononico in whose name it had been licensed in Ohio. When the officer stopped…