Liebler v. State

Appealing from his conviction, on a non-jury trial, of “unlawfully buying, receiving or aiding in the concealment of stolen property, well knowing the same to be stolen”, the appellant argues the court erred in denying his motion for acquittal and in finding and adjudging him guilty, contending the evidence was insufficient to establish the element of knowledge that the property was stolen.

*801“It is essential to a conviction for receiving stolen property that the evidence shall show to the exclusion of a reasonable doubt that the accused had knowledge that the property in question was stolen at…