Chittum v. State

On October 8, 1965, shortly after midnight, the appellant, Paul James Chittum, was observed by a Mrs. Betty Cox in the vicinity of the McHenry Garage located at 300 South Carey Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs: Cox, sitting in the living room of her dwelling at 1314 McHenry Street, saw the appellant walk down the street with another man. When Chittum disappeared from her view, she and her husband went outside and saw him in a parked automobile, ransacking the glove compartment. He told her it was his father’s car and after she told him to leave he and his companion went towards the corner…