State v. Conway

Marie Smith and Ruth Conway appeal from a conviction and sentence of two years' imprisonment for grand larceny.

Briefly, the State's evidence was that Paul Wallman, a traveling salesman, was in Springfield on March 18, 1940, staying at the Seville Hotel. About ten o'clock in the evening he was walking around the streets of the business section and was "picked up" by the appellants who drove him around town in a Chevrolet coupe. After a while the three of them went to a tap room on Commercial Street and had at least one drink. Someone suggested that they go to a tourist cabin where they could…