Hook v. State

On April 13, 1955, Peter Hook, an assistant cook employed at Utica State Hospital, called the hospital and reported that he was ill and would not be able to report for work. At approximately 4:00 p.m. the samé day, Hook’s wife telephoned his superior, Keith A. Wheeler, food service manager at Utica State Hospital, and informed Mr. Wheeler that Hook was not ill but had taken the day off to dispose of certain property he had stolen from the hospital. At the time she mentioned butter, sugar, coffee and canned fruit as the articles purloined. Wheeler immediately reported Mrs. Hook’s telephone…