State v. Smith

Appellant, defendant below, appeals from a conviction of grand larceny. She assigns error in the admission of business records and in allowing the court’s instructions with unproved aliases typed on the cover sheet and on the verdict forms to go to the jury. Failure of proof of some elements of the crime is also claimed.

Appellant was employed by the Mode O’Day store in Seattle in April, 1957, and became store manager two weeks later. Among other duties, she was entrusted with the daily safekeeping, recording and banking of the sales receipts of the store. A review of the business records on…