State v. Emmons

The 'defendant, appellant herein, was indicted under two counts of receiving stolen property. A jury found him guilty as charged and he was sentenced to the Reformatory.

After being arraigned, the appellant filed a motion requesting the dismissal of the ease on the ground that R. C. 2913.51, under which he was indicted, was void for being vague and that, therefore, it did not state an offense. The pertinent portion of that statute is as follows:

“(A) No person shall receive, retain, or dispose of property of another, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe it has been obtained through…