People v. Irrizari

On August 17, 1955, wearing apparel was stolen from the stores of B. Altman & Co., Lord & Taylor and Best & Co., all located in Manhasset, Long Island. The defendant was charged, in an indictment containing three counts, with grand larceny in the second degree, the theft from each store being the subject of a different count in recognition of the manifest fact that each taking constituted a different larceny. The defendant actually admitted that she had stolen the clothing from Altman’s and, although she denied complicity in the other thefts, the evidence establishes almost beyond all doubt…