STATE v. MERCY

No. 34988.

55 Wn.2d 530 (1960)

348 P.2d 978

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. EDGAR MERCY et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

January 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Edmund Quigley, for appellants.

Charles O. Carroll and James D. Burns, for respondent.


ROSELLINI, J.

The defendants were charged in superior court on three counts of petit larceny. A jury having been waived, the cause was tried to the court, which found both guilty on all three counts.

The significant findings are that the three prosecuting witnesses had gone to the defendant Mercy's place of business, a used-car lot, to inquire about the purchase of used cars; that in two instances, the prosecuting witnesses had been told that they would have...

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