Causey v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was indicted and convicted of receiving stolen property from persons unknown, the property being some 500 pieces of clothing, "all having been taken from a Leaseway Trailer No. R-144 in July, 1972” and all being the property of Sears, Roebuck & Co. His motion for new trial, which was overruled, is based on lack of evidence (1) that the property allegedly stolen was stolen from Sears, Roebuck, and (2) that the goods found in the defendant’s house (on which the state’s case is predicated) were the goods alleged in the indictment to have been stolen. Held:

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