People v. Smith

Defendant was charged in five counts with receiving stolen property, consisting of a gun and five radios. The cause was tried by the court sitting without a jury. The uncontradicted evidence showed that the three radios referred to respectively in counts 2, 4 and 5 had been stolen at various times by one Stepzinski from the automobiles of the respective owners named in said counts, and that these three radios, together with a fourth radio, had been received by defendant from Stepzinski in one transaction at defendant’s radio shop on November 10, 1943. The trial court found defendant guilty on…