State v. Myers

On August 14, 1963, defendant was observed in an alley area carrying four suits of clothing with price tags “flopping in the breeze.” The police were notified and defendant was subsequently arrested in a tavern with the suits in his possession. Upon questioning, he stated that a man had given him the suits as he approached the tavern, and that he intended to sell them to obtain wine. The suits had a combined value in excess of $75 and were identified as having come from a local Montgomery Ward store, located approximately four blocks from the area where defendant was first observed and about…