McDonald v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was put to trial upon a two-count indictment charging (1) Grand Larceny, and (2) Buying, Receiving, Concealing, etc., a two-door Buick Riviera automobile of the value of sixty-two hundred dollars, the personal property of William Clarence Cage. At arraignment, in the presence of retained counsel, appellant pleaded not guilty. The jury returned a guilty verdict under count 2 of the indictment and the Court sentenced appellant to ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The evidence presented by the State proved the corpus delicti of the crime beyond peradventure.…