People v. Andreacchi

The defendant was apprehended early in the morning of January 29, 1927, as he was entering a taxicab in front of premises 151 Bleecker street. At the time the rear seat was occupied by two men. The evidence was somewhat contradictory as to whether the defendant had actually seated himself on the small front seat on the left and had closed the door of the taxicab or whether he was in the act of so doing, when the arrest was made. The testimony of the arresting officer established that when he *137opened the right-hand door the man who sat on that side of the rear seat dropped a revolver to the…