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Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1344: Concealing unpurchased merchandise - Presumption

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  2. Title 22

Any person concealing unpurchased merchandise of any mercantile

establishment, either on the premises or outside the premises of

such establishment, shall be presumed to have so concealed such

merchandise with the intention of committing a wrongful taking of

such merchandise within the meaning of Section 1341 of this title,

and such concealment or the finding of such unpurchased merchandise

concealed upon the person or among the belongings of such person

shall be conclusive evidence of reasonable grounds and probable

cause for the detention in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable

length of time, of such person by a merchant, his agent or employee,

and any such reasonable detention shall not be deemed to be

unlawful, nor render such merchant, his agent or employee criminally

or civilly liable.

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