Reidling v. State

Deen, Judge.

Reidling was tried and convicted of theft by receiving stolen property, a diamond ring, knowing it to have been stolen. It is uncontradicted that the ring, which was on his person at the time of his arrest, was part of the proceeds of a jewel theft which had occurred some three weeks previously. The defendant offered sworn testimony that he had obtained it in a trade for an automobile transmission from his uncle, Billy Birt, which explanation was supported by Birt’s own testimony and that of three other witnesses who testified that they were present when the transaction took…