State v. Betts

STEVENS, Chief Judge.

R. L. Betts was found guilty of the offense of receiving stolen property, a felony. He was also found guilty of criminal contempt of court, the claimed contempt arising out of the first trial of the felony case. He was sentenced in relation to both of these matters and appeals from both.

On the 15th of June 1963, the warehouse of Babbitt’s Wholesale Hardware was burglarized. Guns and telescopic sights were taken. The felony charge against Betts accuses him of having received some of these items “well knowing said property to have been stolen” and “receiving the same…