The appellants, Barbara Watkins, Mary Ruby Thomas and Maggie D. Thomas, were convicted of "shoplifting" in separate trials by the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County and each was sentenced to serve five years in the state penitentiary. The evidence being almost identical, the cases were consolidated for appeal to this Court.
Two points are argued for reversal. These are...
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