Marquez v. State

KRUEGER, Judge. —

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of receiving and concealing stolen property, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of five years.

The testimony adduced upon the trial is substantially as follows : W. Eaton had in his possession and under his control, in addition to an apartment house, seven individual garages or compartments for storing and housing automobiles. On the 30th day of August, 1933, he rented one of the garages, being No. 5, to Alex Fierro, who paid one month’s rent in advance. Eaton did not thereafter…