Smith v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

The defendant delivered by van a load of doors to the place of business of a building supply company, and admittedly took from that company’s inventory three cases of locks worth over $900 which he placed in the bottom of the van screened by some unused dunnage doors. The sole question is the intent with which the locks were removed from the warehouse.

1. An oral confession of the defendant reduced to writing and signed by him stated that he didn’t know why he got the locks, he just got them, probably to try to sell them. The motion to suppress this document based on included…