State v. Simon

BOHLING, Commissioner.

Raymond N. Simon appeals from a judgement imposing a sentence of three years’imprisonment under the habitual criminal act for stealing property of the value of more than $50. §§ 560.156, 556.280. (Statutory references are to RSMo 1959 and V.A.M.S.) He alleges error in the admission and rejection of evidence and the refusal of instructions.

Mrs. Gertrude Perjenski was a store detective for Stix Baer & Fuller, Inc., a corporation, at its “River Roads” store in Jennings, St. Louis County, Missouri. About 1:30 p. m. August 7, 1961, Mrs. Per-jenski noticed four women and a man…