Silas v. State

J. Seaborn Holt, Associate Justice.

January 6, 1960, appellant, A. C. Silas, was tried and convicted on an information charging the crime of possessing stolen goods, under § 41-3938, Ark. Stats., 1947 (1959 Supp.). His punishment was fixed at ten year's in the penitentiary.

The original information, filed August 6, 1959, charged “the defendant, A. C. Silas, of the crime of Possession and disposal of stolen goods, committed as follows, to-wit: The said defendant in May and July, 1959, in the Eastern District of Clay County, Arkansas, did unlawfully, willfully, knowingly, and feloniously possess…