McCoy v. State

The appellant was charged, tried and convicted of receiving stolen goods under Burns’ §10-8017, 1956 Repl., which reads as follows:

“Receiving stolen goods. — Whoever buys, receives, conceals or aids in the concealment of anything of value, which has been stolen, taken by robbers, embezzled, or obtained by false pretense, knowing the same to have been stolen, taken by robbers, embezzled, or obtained by false pretense, shall, if the goods be of the value of twenty-five dollars [$25.00] or more, on conviction, suffer the punishment prescribed for grand larceny, and if the goods be of the value…