Kneas v. Hecht Company

This appeal arises from a shoplifting incident in the Silver Spring, Maryland, department store of the Hecht Company. Because we conclude that the appeal must be dismissed an abbreviated statement of facts will suffice. On April 15, 1966, Edward John Eneas and a school friend, Terry Lohmeier, both thirteen years of age, entered the store to shop for a jacket. It is agreed that eventually Terry Lohmeier, without authority or payment, with Edward standing nearby, appropriated a “surfer’s cross”, a small black iron cross, having a value of about one dollar. Two female store detectives observed…