McKee v. State

The conviction of this appellant was under count 2 of the indictment wherein he was charged with the offense of buying, receiving, or concealing, or aiding in concealing, a cow of the value of $50, the personal property of Eli Bates, knowing that it was stolen and not having the intent to restore it to the owner.

We do not accord to the insistence of appellant to the effect that the corpus delicti was not established by the evidence. Under the prevailing rule it is not indispensable to the proof of the corpus delicti that it should be proven by direct evidence. It may be proven by facts and…