Armstrong v. State

James R. Cooper, Judge.

In this criminal case; the appellant was charged with theft of property by deception in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2205 (Repl. 1977). After a trial by jury, she was convicted and sentenced to four years in the Arkansas Department of Correction and a fine of $5,000.00. From that decision comes this appeal.

The appellant was employed as the commercial bookkeeper at the Montgomery Ward store in Little Rock. During the time she was employed in this capacity, it came to the attention of another employee that there was a discrepency in the cash register used by the…