Jordan v. State

The defendant, John Jordan, was found, in the possession of jewelry recently stolen from the house of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sehlesinger. This led to the filing of an information against him charging him with breaking and entering the house from which the jewelry had been stolen. The defendant denied guilty knowledge of the breaking and entering, or of the theft of the jewelry. His claim was that he had bought the jewelry from a stranger who' was accompanied by a young man named “Kid.” Defendant’s version was that these two men, who were not previously known to the defendant, offered to sell…