Sons v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; 1. The gist of the offense is knowledge that the property was stolen. It is so charged in the indictment. There must ¡be proof of knowledge and intent to deprive the true owner of the property. Instruction No. 3 was misleading. 34 Ark. 446; 58 Id. 578. 2. The testimony of an accomplice must be corroborated, unless confederacy be proved aliunde. Wharton, Cr.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; 1. The gist of the offense is knowledge that the property was stolen. It is so charged in the indictment. There must ¡be proof of knowledge and intent to deprive the true owner of the property. Instruction No. 3 was misleading. 34 Ark. 446; 58 Id. 578. 2. The testimony of an accomplice must be corroborated, unless confederacy be proved aliunde. Wharton, Cr. Law (8 ed.), § 982a. 1. Instruction No. 3 was correct. 92 Ark. 587, 593. 2. The evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction. Even if the thief was an accomplice, his evidence…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellant was convicted of the crime of receiving stolen property, under an indictment which charged that he knowingly received twenty-four boxes of thread, of the value of $14.40, which had been stolen from one Heinemann, the owner. The evidence shows that Lawrence 'Clark stole the property from the store of Heinemann, where he was working as porter, and sold it to appellant, and that upon information given by Clark an officer found it in appellant’s possession. Appellant admitted that he received the property from Clark, but claimed that he purchased it in good faith from the latter in…
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