Pierce v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted in the district court of Ellis county of the crime of knowingly receiving stolen property, and the jury being unable to agree upon the punishment, it was fixed by the court at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of three years.

The evidence of the state was that Hr. Irvin was the owner of one Gleaner-Baldwin combine, with a model A Ford motor; that Woodson Pierce and Wesley Zirger stole the radiator, carbureter, generator, fan, and engine head from this combine; that the radiator was taken to the home of…