Stanford v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is receiving and concealing stolen edible meat; the punishment a fine of $50.

On the 27th of February, 1938, James Carothers and Jack Land went to the home of T. F. Heath, broke into his smokehouse and stole a ham and some other meat. After they had committed the theft Carothers went to the home of appellant about 10 o’clock at night and sold him a middling of meat he had taken from the smokehouse. Joe Blanks drove him to appellant’s home in his (Blanks’) car. Appellant paid Carothers two dollars for the meat. Appellant did not ask him where he had gotten the meat.…