State v. Day

An information was filed in the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau .County, Missouri, charging the appellant with having knowingly received stolen .property. On a change of venue, the cause was sent to the Circuit Court of Mississippi County. A trial in that county resulted in a verdict of guilty and the appellant was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the State penitentiary.

■ On the night of February 23, 1935, the Yandeven. Mercantile Company’s store was burglarized by two negroes, David Lee Robinson and W. T. Cooper, who stole a quantity of cigarettes. There is no dispute concerning the…