Carpenter v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Receiving and concealing stolen property is the offense; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

*462The indictment alleged, in effect, that appellant on or about October 7, 1949, received from Thurman Gilley and did fraudulently conceal certain property, to wit: 2 tractor tires of the aggregate value of $51, belonging to and stolen from Floyd Hayes, appellant knowing that the property had been so acquired.

It will be noted that the tires are described in the indictment only in general terms, there being no allegation as to the size or other descriptive averments.

A necessary…