State v. Baker

(Pro Tempore).

Defendant was convicted of receiving and concealing 506 pounds of stolen copper wire. An equal amount of copper wire was cut and stolen from Southern Pacific railway right-of-way between Salem and Turner in Marion County some time during the night of November 27-28, 1966. This was a country area. Two of three officers testifying said they saw defendant and his brother-in-law on November 28, 1966, shortly after midnight, walking in the area between the highway and the railroad right-of-way, which were parallel. The brother-in-law’s wife was repeatedly seen by two of the officers…