State v. Gordon
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was convicted in the district court for Hennepin county of the crime of receiving stolen goods. From an order, Frederick V. Brown, J., denying his motion to grant a new trial, defendant appealed. Appellant was indicted for buying and receiving from Brooks and' Burton copper wire of the value of $30, knowing the same to have been stolen.
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Defendant was convicted in the district court for Hennepin county of the crime of receiving stolen goods. From an order, Frederick V. Brown, J., denying his motion to grant a new trial, defendant appealed. Appellant was indicted for buying and receiving from Brooks and' Burton copper wire of the value of $30, knowing the same to have been stolen. On trial these eighteen-year old boys appeared as witnesses for the state, testifying that they took from an open platform of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company five coils of copper wire. On-the following evening, between seven and eight o’clock,…
1Opinion of the CourtJagg-Abjd, J.
(after stating the facts as above).
The pivotal question is whether the court properly received the testimony of the boys, Brooks and Burton.
The offense charged consists of three factors, each of which must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt by competent evidence, and not alone on the uncorroborated testimony of accomplices (section 4744, R. L,. 1905), to sustain a conviction: First, that defendant bought the property described; second, that the property bought was stolen; third, that defendant knew it to be stolen when he bought it. The first of these factors is admitted. Whether the state…
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