State v. Bourdeau

MR. JUSTICE FREEBOURN:

The information herein■ charged that defendant did “for his own gain, receive certain personal property, to-wit: one * * deepfreeze * * # knowing the same to have been stolen from the true owner * # Missoula County * *

*267The charge is brought under R. C. M. 1947, sec. 94-2721, which, in part, is as follows: “Every person who for his own gain or to prevent the owner from again possessing his own property buys or receives any personal property, knowing the same to have been stolen, is punishable by imprisonment * *

Under the charge and the statute the state had to establish…