79 Pa. Super. 171 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1922
Opinion by
The defendant was convicted on the first count of an indictment which charged him with unlawfully and feloniously receiving 57 “ladies’ fur coats” which had there
The first count was drawn under the Act of 1909 which was intended to cover cases where the larceny was committed in another state as well as when the theft took place in this State. It removed from discussion the question whether an indictment could be sustained in this State for receiving goods stolen in another state and brought into Pennsylvania. The charge contained in the first count is within the terms of this statute, and there is no legal difficulty in relating the indictment to it. The evidence was sufficient to sustain a conviction of receiving here goods stolen in another state, and this was the specific charge which the defendant was required to meet. There is no defect therefore
The assignments are overruled, the judgment is affirmed and the record remitted to the court below, and it is ordered that the defendant appear in the court below at such time as he may be there called and that he be by that court committed until he has complied with the sentence or any part of it which had not been performed at the time the appeal in this case was made a supersedeas.