City of Cincinnati v. Woodruff

The defendant, appellant herein, was found guilty of the crime of larceny by trick (Section 2907.21, Revised Code). The appeal was considered by this court on the docket and journal entries from the court below, a bill of exceptions and the briefs and arguments of counsel.

The facts are not in dispute. The defendant, using the name of Betty Shaw, a false name, returned an item of merchandise to the department store, requested a cash refund of the store’s clerk, received it and cashed it. The refund slip, exhibit “A,” is not in the bill of exceptions, but there is no dispute as to its terms and…