Topolewski v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
109 N.W. 1037 (1906)
Relevant factsFree
Employee Dolan proposed that Topolewski (defendant) take barrels of meat as informal repayment of a debt Dolan owed him, and after Dolan told the packing company's representatives of the plan, they instructed platform employee Klotz to let Topolewski take the meat without objection; Topolewski was convicted of larceny for taking the meat.
IssueFree
Whether, where an owner of property, by himself or his agent, actually or constructively aids in the commission of an illegal act by performing some essential portion of the transaction as intended by the wrongdoer, the would-be criminal is guilty of all the elements of the offense.