State v. Houston
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Norton, J., Fairfield, Sallie Houston and her husband being on trial for receiving stolen goods knowing them to be stolen, the judge charged the jury as follows: This is an indictment for receiving stolen goods knowing them to have been stolen. All of the elements of the crime are adrnit•ted by the defendants, except the fact that they knew the goods were stolen.
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Before Norton, J., Fairfield, Sallie Houston and her husband being on trial for receiving stolen goods knowing them to be stolen, the judge charged the jury as follows: This is an indictment for receiving stolen goods knowing them to have been stolen. All of the elements of the crime are adrnit•ted by the defendants, except the fact that they knew the goods were stolen. The defendants attempt to account for these goods by saying that the female defendant received them in payment of her wages, and that she was ignorant, and that she didn’t know that the value of the goods amounted to more than…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chiee Justice Simpson.
The defendant was indicted jointly with her husband for receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen. Her husband was acquitted, but she was convicted. Her defence was that she had received the goods from one Clara Yongue in payment of certain services rendered the said Clara by the said defendant. A quantity of the goods, of the stealing of which Clara had been convicted, were produced in court and identified.
The defendant complains in her appeal that his honor erred in charging that the value of these goods was…
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