Schooler v. State

The appellant was charged by affidavit with the offense of shoplifting. After waiving trial by jury, she was found guilty of shoplifting by the court. The court imposed a fine of $10.00 and the costs of the action and sentenced her to the Women’s Prison for a period of not less than one nor more than five years.

On appeal, she relies only upon the overruling of her motion for new trial. The motion for new trial is that the “verdict of the Court is contrary to the evidence and the law.” We assume that the appellant intended to call in question the sufficiency of the evidence to support a…