State v. Betty Murphy

The defendant was convicted in the municipal court of the city of Minneapolis of stealing three pairs of gloves from the Powers Mercantile Company, which operates a department store in that city. She appealed.

The evidence for the state shows that a woman detective employed to watch for shoplifters saw her take the three pairs of gloves from the counter and put them inside her coat and then leave the store; and that the detective followed her and recovered the gloves and took her back to the store where she admitted taking the gloves and asked to be permitted to pay for them.

The claim made by…