Eastman v. State

The appellant was indicted for feloniously receiving and aiding in the concealment “ of five watches, of the value of fifty-seven dollars, twenty watdh chains, of the value of twenty-five dollars, fourteen nut picks, of the value of-five dollars, eleven gold rings, of the *442value of fifty dollars, six penknives, of the value of four dollars,” well knowing that the same, before that time, had been stolen. He pleaded guilty to the indictment. The court, upon its own motion, but without objection from the appellant, empanelled a jury to assess the amount of punishment against the appellant. The…