Commonwealth v. Goldstein

Bennie Goldstein, a junk dealer, was indicted and tried on the charge of larceny. The property stolen consisted of a drilling cable and other rope belonging to an oil well driller by the name of Steele. A well having been completed on the farm of one Conklin, the drilling equipment was left at this well, Conklin agreeing with Steele to look after same. It was not claimed that Goldstein himself, by his own hands, took and carried away said rope, but that he had done so by two employees, Swan and Carington, sent by him to the Conklin farm' for that purpose. The unlawful taking was not effected…