Com. of Pa. v. Baker

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Appellant was convicted of having violated the provisions of the Act of April 23, 1909, P. L. 159, — the offense commonly known as ‘receiving stolen goods.’ It will be noted that the act — which is printed in the margin — makes it a felony for any person to bay, have or receive any goods, etc. which shall have been stolen or feloniously taken, knoioing the same to have been stolen or feloniously taken. The sixth assignment of error complains that the learned trial judge in charging the jury defined the offense as follows: “Now, what is the crime of receiving stolen goods?…