People v. Scott

The defendant was convicted of the crime of receiving stolen property, and he appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

On the evening of February 7, 1951, two teenage boys broke into a building in Anaheim and stole a motor and a chest of tools. They placed this property in the garage at the home of one of the boys and the next night moved it into the defendant’s garage, which was across the alley. On the evening of February 9, the boys informed the defendant that they had stolen these articles and had placed them in his garage. The defendant testified…