State v. Hochman

There is sharp conflict as to material particulars in the evidence adduced by the state and that presented on behalf of the defendant. The weight and credibility of the evidence were for the court to determine. Of record there is evidence which the court was entitled to deem credible to the effect that the defendant owned and operated a retail novelty shop in Milwaukee; that Police Officer James Psar-ros, while on police duty and in plain clothes, visited the defendant’s store on five occasions between January or February, 1955, and April, 1955, with a view of attempting to purchase some…