Kidd v. State

CARR, Judge.

The appellant was convicted on an indictment which charged the offense of receiving stolen property. Title 14, S.ec. 338, Code 1940.

In its most favorable light for the State, . the tendencies of the pertinent evidence reveal:

W. L. Lowe lost a pocketbook containing $83 and some papers. The circumstances were such that it was reasonable to infer that the purse fell from his pocket while he was working in a farm field during an afternoon. Willie Kidd, a ten year old son of the defendant, was present and assisting Mr. Lowe about his farming engagements. When it was discovered that the…