State v. Verrue

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

Thomas Dears was employed as a truck driver for Lee Way Motor Freight. On February 20, 1968, he went to the offices of Philco Distributors in Phoenix, Arizona and picked up five color television sets. These sets were in cardboard boxes labeled with the words “Color Television” and “Philco”. After picking up the boxes and placing them in the rear of his van truck, Mr. Dears stopped for coffee at a drugstore. While he was in the drugstore having coffee, two sets were stolen from the truck. Two witnesses, who testified at the trial, *407actually saw the felonious act taking…