State v. Mae McLaughlin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

The appellant, Mae McLaughlin, was charged as a principal, tried to a jury, and convicted of the offense of grand larceny (K. S. A. 21-533), and sentenced to the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women, Lansing, Kansas, there to be confined for a period not to exceed seven years. The companion case is reported as State v. McLaughlin, 207 Kan. 594, 485 P. 2d 1360.

The testimony relative to the events surrounding the crime is conflicting in many respects, and the events set forth herein are summarized and reported as found by the jury.

Freddie…