Brewer v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

On August 9, 1976 Harold Woolverton reported the theft of a welding set, con sisting of an electric welder, a converter for the welder, anc two welder’s helmets. After a prompt recovery of the property the appellant Brewer was charged with theft by receiving Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2206 (Crim. Code 1976). Upon tria without a jury he was found guilty and was sentenced to fiv years’ imprisonment, three being suspended. For reversal h argues that the verdict cannot be sustained without th testimony of J. H. Wells, an accomplice as a matter of law and that the chain of…