People v. Meyer

—The defendant was tried on an information, in which it was charged that he willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously stole, took, and' carried away one overcoat, of the value of twenty dollars, the personal property of Harris Joseph and Lewis Joseph. On the trial, Lewis Joseph testified as follows:—

“I had, as usual, placed and buttoned an overcoat upon a dummy which stood on the sidewalk outside of my store. I was inside the store and heard the. chain of the dummy rattle, and on coming outside found defendant with said coat unbottoned from the dummy and under his arm, the same being entirely…