Commonwealth v. Greene

The indictment charges the larceny of certain goods alleged to be the property of Ephraim W. Farr. It appeared at the trial that the defendant was the general owner of the goods; that they had been attached by Farr, who is a constable of the city of Boston, upon a writ duly sued out of the Superior Court by a creditor of the defendant; and that while they were under attachment the defendant took and carried them away. There is no doubt that an attaching officer has a special property in the goods attached, so that he may maintain trespass or trover if they are taken from him; and so that, if…