Burton v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for receiving stolen property over the value of $50 with punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary.

On the 6th of November W. H. Langley’s place of business was burglarized and between thirteen and fifteen cases of cigarettes taken, being worth in the neighborhood of $50 per case.

The evidence sustains the State’s theory that the theft was committed by one Jesse Dumont, and that appellant, with knowledge that the property had been so stolen, was aiding in disposing of it. The testimony shows that appellant sold a quantity of the cigarettes at a greatly…