State v. Houghton

The information filed in the circuit court charges Sid Houghton, defendant, with receiving personal property that had been stolen from another,' knowing it to have been stolen, contrary to the provisions of SDC 13.3813. The jury found defendant guilty, sentence was imposed, 'and an application for a new trial was denied. Defendant appealed.

Appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to prove the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, not because the evidence if believed would fail to establish the offense charged, but because the state’s witnesses were accomplices of defendant…