Ponder v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Carter county of receiving stolen property, and was sentenced to serve a term of one year in the state penitentiary.

At the time charged, two crates of cigarettes of a value of $135 were stolen from the railroad depot, at Ardmore, and concealed under the platform. Two police officers on night patrol saw the two men run from the platform, made an investigation, and found the cigarettes. They concealed themselves, and in about forty-five minutes a car drove near, two men got out, and left a third, who…