State v. Woolard

This is an appeal from conviction of larceny of a ring under OES 164.310.

Mr. Reingold and his son testified that defendant and a female companion visited Reingold’s Jewelers in Portland on September 6, 1967, and tried on some rings. The owner discovered .that a ring valued at $250 was missing and the police were called, but no arrest was made because he had not seen the ring taken. On the next day, testimony showed, defendant and a different companion, Beverly Jean McLeod, tried on several rings at another jewelry store in the same neighborhood. Together they chose a ring and the defendant…