Commonwealth v. Sullivan

This is an indictment for receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen. The defendant, in support of his motion to quash, relies only upon the omission to state the place of the larceny in the indictment.

“ The offence of receiving stolen property is a substantive crime in itself, and not merely accessorial to the principal of-fence of larceny.” Commonwealth v. Barry, 116 Mass. 1.

It is well settled that, in an indictment for the substantive offence of receiving, it is not necessary to state the place of the larceny. 2 East, P. C. c. 16, § 163. Stark. Crim. Pl 169. Holford v. State,…