Freedman v. State

Appellant was convicted by the Circuit Court for Charles County on the charge of receiving stolen goods. From the judgment and sentence he appealed.

The offense charged occurred in St. Mary’s County, but the case was removed to Charles County and was there tried before two members of the Circuit Court sitting without a jury. The evidence pertinent to the questions raised here may be summarized as follows:

James F. Garner and Charles W. Garner on the 18th day of July, 1949, were operating a store at Tall Timbers, St. Mary’s County; a place where two roads intersect. Morton Freedman, a young man…