Crowell v. State

Under an indictment charging him with the crime of receiving stolen goods knowing the same to have been stolen, the appellant was tried and convicted of such offense, and was thereupon sentenced to serve a term in the state penitentiary.

On this appeal, he seeks a reversal of the case chiefly on the following grounds: (1) The refusal of the trial court to grant a peremptory instruction in his favor; (2) the granting of an instruction in favor of the state in form and substance as hereinafter set forth; (3) the action of the trial court in sentencing the accused to serve a term in the state…