State v. Mercy

The defendants were charged in superior court on three counts of petit larceny. A jury having been waived, the cause was tried to the court, which found both guilty on all three counts.

The significant findings are that the three prosecuting witnesses had gone to the defendant Mercy’s place of business, a used-car lot, to inquire about the purchase of used cars; that in two instances, the prosecuting witnesses had been told that they would have to make a deposit to show their good faith, which deposit would be applied on the purchase price of the cars they had selected if their credit was…