People v. May
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to superior court of Grand Rapids; Dunham, J. Wallace May was convicted of larceny of goods of the value of more than $25, and sentenced to imprisonment for not less, than 2% nor more than 5 years in the State prison at Jackson.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
Respondent was convicted of the larceny of a leather handbag and several articles of cutlery from the store of Heyman Company, in the city of Grand Rapids, of the value of $34.93. It was the theory of the people that respondent, in February, 1917, was on intimate terms with one Frank Martin, who was employed as a night watchman in the Hey-man store, that it was respondent’s habit to visit Martin while he was on duty, and that on these occasions he took quite a large amount of merchandise, which was afterwards discovered in his trunk at a paint shop where he had taken it to have some lettering…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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