Jones v. State

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Grand Larceny (shoplifting 1 to the value of over $5.00) : sentence, two years in the penitentiary. Code 1940, T. 14, § 331, as amended. Appellant has not complied with Rule A, 49 Ala.App. XXI.

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Appellant was observed by a store security guard through a one-way mirror. She took a man’s sweater, rolled it up and put it under her blouse. After apprehension, she also disgorged a pair of men’s Hells Bells trousers saying she found them on the floors.

The defense was that the merchandise was not hidden, rather appellant was hold ing the garments over her arm preparatory to…