BEESON v. STATE

Nos. 40747, 40748.

422 S.W.2d 726 (1967)

Imogene W. BEESON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. June M. WHEELER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Robert Scott, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense in each case is shoplifting; the punishment in each case, a fine of $100.00 and six months in jail. These cases are consolidated in the interest of brevity.

The facts show that both appellants, while shopping together in a department store, were observed by a security officer removing certain merchandise from the store's counters, placing such merchandise in their respective purses, and leaving the store without...

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