John C. Langer v. State

This is an appeal from the district court's order denying petitioner's application for post-conviction relief. We affirm. On the afternoon of February 3, 1956, petitioner allegedly stole a cashbox containing currency and bonds totaling more than
$500 from his landlady. The evidence would support findings that petitioner had seen the cashbox before, for it was the source
of the change he received when he paid his weekly rent; that the box was taken soon after he had been left alone in the room
in which the box was kept; that he took the currency and threw the box and the bonds into a trash can nearby; and that he
spent all but $23 for a new rifle, a few clothes, and a "good time." A few days later the St. Paul police arrested petitioner
and charged him with grand larceny, Minn. St. 1953, § 622.05 (now within the scope of the theft statute, Minn. St. 609.52).