State v. Baker
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Wood County. Monroe H. Baker and Burns Cottrill were jointly indicted for buying and receiving stolen goods, and defendant Baker 'was tried separately and convicted, and be brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
Defendant and one Burns Cottrill were jointly indicted 'for buying and receiving from William Gilman and Wilbert Peebles stolen goods, the property of the Germania Club, a corporation, knowing them to be stolen. Defendant was tried •separately, convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment in the penitentiary, and he brings error.
He assigns as error the admission of declarations made by third parties, not in his presence. This relates to eonversa-"tions which occurred between Gilmpn and Peebles, the two ! principal prosecuting witnesses, and Burns Cottrill concerning the…
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