People v. Smith

The respondent was convicted of receiving stolen property, under How. Stat. § 9142. The information charged that the property taken was of the value of one dollar; was the property of one William J. Plackett; and that it had been stolen. The respondent, upon *646arraignment, pleaded not guilty, and proceeded to trial •without any objections to the form of the information. He was sentenced to the State prison for five years.

1. His counsel now insists that the information is defect' ive, in that it does not allege when, where, or by whom the larceny of the property was committed. The objection…