People v. Jacobs

Defendant was tried under an information in two counts. Under the first of these the charge was grand larceny. Under the second the charge was receiving stolen property. The property concerned in both charges was a .Ford automobile—a coupe. The evidence at the trial showed without dispute that the car was stolen one evening between 8:30 o’clock and 9:15 o’clock from a place on a public street where it had been parked by the owner. It was also shown without dispute that the vehicle was placed in a certain private garage on the same evening and that it remained there continuously for a period…