Williams v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

The indictment contained two counts,—one charging theft of 576 pounds of scrap brass of the value of fifty-one dollars. The second charged appellant with receiving the same brass from some person to the grand jurors unknown, and that he did also fraudulently conceal the property, after having received, or acquired it, from some person to the grand jurors unknown, etc.

The court submitted the second count, to wit: receiving .and concealing stolen property. The evidence for the State shows that the property was worth 11% and 12 cents per pound, and as the first witness…