John B. Watkins steals the automobile of Neville Whiteman

After the deponent [Whiteman] left his automobile parked outside a garage on West 143rd Street for about an hour, the

After the deponent [Whiteman] left his automobile parked outside a garage on West 143rd Street for about an hour, the “manager of the garage” found said automobile missing. Two and a half hours later, “the auto was returned in front of said garage by [the] defendant [Watkins]” who was accompanied by two men not arrested. The two men admitted to having “been with” the defendant, although they claimed to have “not taken said auto.”