Milbourn v. State of Indiana

Appellant was convicted of knowingly receiving stolen clover seed.

Error is assigned upon the overruling of his motion for a new trial.

The only question involves the admission of the testimony of the sheriff and deputy sheriffs, detailing a conversation in which appellant admitted receiving the stolen goods, with knowledge that it was stolen, and having sold it for his own benefit.

The sheriff, armed with an invalid search warrant, arrested appellant and took him to his farm. While appellant sat in an automobile, the sheriff and his deputies searched the place. After the search was completed,…