Key v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Carter county on a charge of receiving stolen property, and was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary.

The information charges, in substance, that defendant received from “Candy” Renfro and Raymond Garrett, for a consideration of $200, an automobile which had previously been stolen from F. K. Hamilton, defendant at the time knowing the same to have been stolen. Renfro was the principal witness for the state. He testified, in substance, that he had an arrangement with…