State v. Scholl

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

Defendant was convicted of receiving property, knowing it had been stolen, and appeals.

Defendant was a butcher.in the meat department of the Moore Mercantile Company at Oakley. He purchased beeves from farmers and put the meat on the block for the company for a price per pound. A farmer stole a steer from the Moffett, Andrews & Lewis pasture. The theft was discovered and the farmer was arrested and charged with the crime. He pleaded guilty, was sentenced, and was immediately paroled.

Having in mind the steer in question, the farmer offered to…