State v. Gallagher

The State charged that appellant, on April 8, 1943, stole a billfold containing approximately $46 in money, the property of one Mrs. Irma Whitcomb, her close friend. On the evening of that day appellant and Mrs. Whit-comb, in company with two men, were in a taproom booth drinking and dancing from 9 or 9 :30 until around midnight.

Mrs. Whitcomb had her billfold or purse in a black bag or pocketbook. Along about 11 o’clock she went to buy cigarettes and left the bag and billfold in the booth. When she returned and went to put the change back in her purse the pocketbook was there and the billfold…