Nacol v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Receiving and concealing stolen property is the offense; penalty assessed at a fine of $500.00 and confinement in the county jail for 330 days.

The following is a summary of the state’s evidence: On January 5, 1932, a 20-gauge Remington automatic shotgun was taken from the premises of Z. T. McGuire. The gun was later-returned to McGuire by Parsley, a member of the Port Arthur police department. Suspicion pointed to Andrew Pete, a negro boy, whom the officers found standing in front of the place of business of the appellant Nacol. Parsley conferred with Nacol,. and asked…