Bartels v. State

The defendant (plaintiff in error here) was convicted *576in the district court for Dakota county under chapter 1.67, laws 1907 (criminal code, sec. 117c). The section is as follows: “If any person shall steal any chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, pigeons, or guineas of any value or, if any person shall receive or buy any chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, pigeons or guineas, that shall have been stolen, knowing the same to have been stolen, with intent, by such receiving or buying, to defraud the owner; or, if any person shall conceal a poultry or pigeon thief, knowing him to be such; or, if any…