Pinn v. Commonwealth

Eggleston, J.,*

delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error brings under review the proceedings at the trial of Dora Pinn, who was convicted of receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen, and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary.

Since no claim is made that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict, we shall state only such facts as are necessary to clearly understand the assignments of error.

During the month of February, 1935, there occurred a series of thefts from express trucks standing in the Southern Railway station at Lynchburg. The goods…