James v. State

The indictment in this case contained two counts; one for grand larceny, and the other for buying, receiving, concealing, or aiding in the concealing, of stolen property, the property alleged in each count of the indictment being a cow belonging to one Bill McKee. On the trial of the case, the defendant, Will James, was convicted by the verdict of the jury as follows: “We, the jury, find the defendant not guilty on the first count.” “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of receiving stolen property as charged in the second count.”

(1, 2) The propositions of law involved in this case are too…