State v. Harrison

HOGAN, Judge.

A jury found defendant Robert Harrison guilty of felonious stealing as defined and denounced by §§ 560.156 and 560.161, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. 1 The Second Offender Act, § 556.280, was found to be applicable and defendant’s punishment was assessed at seven years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

The cause involves a theft of money from the Tee Pee Villa, an establishment near Warsaw, Missouri. According to Mrs. Myrl Dahlgren, the proprietress, the Tee Pee Villa consists of a “restaurant, motel units, a trailer court, [and] 3.2 beer.” It is open weekends, and therefore Mrs. Dahlgren…