People v. Clausen

Defendant was convicted of the offense of receiving stolen property, and appeals from the .judgment and order denying him a new trial.

1. He contends that the evidence was wholly insufficient to show that he knew at the time he purchased the goods that they were stolen; that the only evidence on the point was that of Marvin, the thief, and he was an accomplice. But the fact that when defendant received the goods he made an insufficient description of them in his entry-book—a description from whicK"tEey‘ could not readily be identified from an inspection of the book—whereas the ordinance…