State v. Taylor

SEILER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence of three years, following conviction by a jury on an indictment charging the defendant with knowingly receiving stolen property, specifically, an eight cylinder Chevrolet motor, serial number S — 185501, belonging to a car dealer, Van Auto Sales, Inc.

The issue is whether the state proved the required guilty knowledge on the part of defendant. The statute, Sec. 560.270 RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., makes punishable the buying or receiving of stolen property by the defendant, “knowing the same to have been stolen”.

The state’s evidence was…