State v. Jordan

235 S.W.2d 379 (1951)

STATE

v.

JORDAN.

No. 41992.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

January 8, 1951.

Wm. Waye, Jr., St. Charles, for appellant.

J. E. Taylor, Atty. Gen., John S. Phillips, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

LEEDY, Judge.

Opal Jordan, alias Irene Smyth (to whom we shall refer as defendant), Helen Dowling and Dorothy Fleming were jointly charged in the Circuit Court of St. Charles County with the larceny of a coat, a fur scarf, stockings and other merchandise of the aggregate value of $163.70, belonging to Chester Stores, Inc. A severance was granted, and on defendant's separate…