Scott v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was given two years in the penitentiary on a charge of receiving and concealing stolen property, from which he appeals.

The indictment properly alleges the theft of $250.00 by another party and the receipt and concealing of same by appellant. The only evidence relied upon to support the conviction is the testimony of Bill Maddox, a policeman, who relates that appellant told him that he had received $250.00 of the money and said he hid it.

By an appropriate bill of exception the defendant attacks the sufficiency of this evidence to support a conviction on the ground…