State v. Oster

The defendant was convicted by a jury of the crime of receiving and concealing stolen property in Marion County, Oregon. The amended indictment described the property as “* * * 650 check blanks and one Todd Protectograph check protector, and one Royal standard typewriter, of the personal property of Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, a corporation, * * * .” The court, in its charge to the jury, limited the issue to 650 check blanks.

The defendant has appealed and assigns error to the court’s denial of his motion for a directed verdict of not guilty based on the ground of alleged insufficiency of the…