People v. Fleish

Defendant was charged with and convicted of the crime of receiving stolen property of a value in excess of the sum of $50.

He operated a junk yard in the city of Jackson and the specific offense relied upon by the prosecution was the purchase of some copper wire on December 29, 1941, which had been stolen from the Consumers Power Company.

He contends first that his motion to dismiss made before the examining magistrate should have been granted. In connection therewith, it was claimed that no evidence had been produced to establish that defendant had knowledge that the property purchased was…