Metzler v. State

This appeal is by the defendant below from a judgment of conviction, based on a jury verdict of guilty of the charge of unlawfully and feloniously buying, receiving or aiding in the concealment of stolen property, well knowing the same to be stolen. The property involved was a rare gold coin of great value, known as a Brasher doubloon.

According to testimony the jury was entitled to accept, the appellant met with an F.B.I. agent posing as a representative of a coin collector. Appellant produced a coin and submitted it to the agent for inspection. An expert who accompanied the agent examined…