State v. Murphy

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant, the operator of a retail jewelry store in the City of New Orleans, was charged with receiving stolen things in violation of R.S. 14:69 and found guilty, the jury fixing the value of the stolen things at $5,000. After the imposition of sentence (to serve two years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary), he prosecuted this appeal, relying on six bills of exceptions reserved during the proceedings for a reversal of his conviction.

Bills Nos. 1 and 2 were taken to the dismissal, on demurrer of the State, of appellant’s original and supplemental motion to set aside the…