People v. LeBrantz

In two counts the indictment charges defendant with a violation of section 1308 of the Penal Law, receiving, concealing or withholding property, known by him to have been stolen. The first count alleged that defendant, on February 13, 1943, in the city of Corning, Steuben County, purchased a white gold wrist watch, knowing that it had been stolen by the seller from the true owner. In the second count the charge is that defendant, on February 16, 1943, concealed or withheld the same wrist watch from its true owner, knowing, then, that it had been stolen. The jury acquitted defendant of the…