Wright v. Aaron

Ed. F. McFaddiN, Justice.

Appellant Eoy Wright owned a liquor store at Swifton, Jackson County, which was burglarized on the night of June 10, 1947; and this appeal stems from his efforts to recover the value of the stolen liquor.

Jerry Capes owned and operated a pool hall 1 in Hoxie, Lawrence County. He left Hoxie shortly after midnight on June 26, 1947, but his pool hall continued to be operated under the' supervision of an employe named Charles Prentice. Wright became suspicious that Capes and a man named Brown were implicated in the liquor store theft, and on July 7th Wright filed— in…