South Carolina Statutes
§ 16-13-120 — Shoplifting; presumptions from concealment of unpurchased goods.
South Carolina·Title 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES·Ch. 13 FORGERY, LARCENY, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES AND CHEATS
It is permissible to infer that any person wilfully concealing unpurchased goods or merchandise of any store or other mercantile establishment either on the premises or outside the premises of the store has concealed the article with the intention of converting it to his own use without paying the purchase price thereof within the meaning of Section 16-13-110. It is also permissible to infer that the finding of the unpurchased goods or merchandise concealed upon the person or among the belongings of the person is evidence of wilful concealment. If the person conceals or causes to be concealed the unpurchased goods or merchandise upon the person or among the belongings of another, it is also permissible to infer that the person so concealing such goods wilfully concealed them with the inten
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 16-359.2; 1956 (49) 1770; 1987 Act No. 95 SECTION 3.
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§ 16-13-10
Forgery.§ 16-13-100
Stealing crude turpentine.§ 16-13-110
Shoplifting.§ 16-13-111
Reports of shoplifting convictions.§ 16-13-130
Sections 16-13-110 and 16-13-120 cumulative.§ 16-13-135
Organized retail crime; penalties.§ 16-13-150
Purse snatching.