Holford v. State

Holford was indicted in the Dearborn Circuit Court for receiving stolen goods.,- on which indictment there was a verdict of conviction, and judgment; The errors assigned are, that the indictment does not allege any time and place when and where the goods were stolen; and that, on the trial, there was no evidence to prove that the said goods were stolen within the state of Indiana.

To test the validity of the errors .assigned, it is necessary only to revert to the statute creating the offence. The words of the statute are as follows, to wit, “every person who shall buy or receive stolen goods,…