Singleton v. United States

QUINN, Associate Judge:

Appellant entered a local department store, walked behind the counter of the men’s hat department, bent down, and then stood up and looked at several caps. After looking around for a few minutes, he left the store with his right hand in his coat pocket. A special policeman, observing all of these actions, followed appellant outside and saw him enter a dime store. As appellant came out of the dime store, he took a plaid cap from underneath his coat and placed it on his head. The officer, now satisfied that appellant had stolen the cap from the department store, placed…