People v. . Schooley

The defendant was indicted for grand larceny in the first degree, and also for receiving stolen goods. The prop erty alleged to have been stolen and feloniously received by the defendant consisted of four bonds of the St. "Louis & Iron Mountain Bail road Company, of the par value of $1,000 each T-hey belonged to Ellen M. Gray, of Washington, D. C. The charge in the indictment, so far as it was for larceny, was withdrawn at the opening of the case, and the action was tried upon the sole charge that the defendant was guilty of receiving the bonds in question, knowing them to have been stolen.…