St. Clair v. State

Defendant (plaintiff in error) was convicted of receiving stolen property.

Section 8630, Rev. St. 1913, on winch, the information was based, is in part as follows: “Whoever receives or buys any goods or chattels of the value of thirty-five dollars, or upwards,, that shall he stolen or taken by robbers, with intent to defraud the owner,” etc.

It is argued that, although guilty knowledge is an element of the crime charged, neither those words nor their equivalent are contained in the statute. The charge that goods were received from A. (the robbei), with intent to defraud B. (the owner), by…