Ledford v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for theft by receiving stolen goods, a pump gun and a 12-gauge shotgun. The owner testified that the guns vanished from his Union County residence during a 30-minute period while he went to the store. The purchaser of the weapons swore that he bought them for $70 (less than one half the market price, according to various estimates), that he asked the defendant at the time if they were stolen and the defendant said no, they came out of Hart County. An arresting officer testified that when questioned the defendant stated he was at his…