State v. Jutras

The respondent was tried before a jury upon a complaint charging him with the buying and receiving of stolen property of a value less than $100. R. S. (1954), c. 132, § 11. During the trial the respondent excepted to the exclusion of some testimony and to an instruction by the court. The verdict was guilty and the respondent prosecutes his exceptions.

The State called as a witness one of the purloiners of the chattel who testified as to the theft of the article from Mid-Central Fish Company and as to the sale of the property to the respondent who had been advised before purchase, according to…