Commonwealth v. Parshall

Opinion by Hurt, J.,

Defendant was convicted of receiving stolen goods. On the trial of this case, guilty knowledge was the issue.

Pennsylvania Railroad Company for some time had been collecting nonferrous scrap metal at various points along its lines and had shipped it to its foundry property in South Altoona where it was stored. For the most part it was metal removed from equipment or property of the railroad in making repairs or replacements and from the peculiar nature and shape of various pieces of metal, much of it could be identified as “Pennsylvania Railroad scrap.” On August 29, 1938…