Mershon v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The offense is receiving and concealing stolen property; the punishment, eight years in the penitentiary.

On the night of February 8th, 1941, the mercantile establishment of Radford Grocery Company was broken into, and 182 cartons of cigarettes were stolen therefrom. Practically all of these stolen cigarettes were subsequently recovered and identified by means of the serial numbers of the stamps affixed thereon. 67 cartons of cigarettes were found as a result of the search of appellant’s automobile, which he was driving at the time. After appellant’s arrest, he directed the…