Fields v. State

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of knowingly receiving stolen property1 of a value less than $352 and was fined $25. From such conviction there is this appeal, presenting the issues now to be discussed.

I. Sufficiency of the Evidence. Two boys, each 15 years of age, admitted stealing 73 pounds of copper wire from the Arkansas Power & Light Company warehouse in Russellville, and immediately selling the wire to appellant at his junk yard adjacent to the place from which the wire was stolen. Appellant paid the boys 9c per pound for the wire. As soon as the theft was discovered…