14 Ind. 346 | Ind. | 1860
Prosecution for receiving a stolen mare, knowing her to have been stolen. The indictment, which was the commencement of the prosecution, was found October the tóth, 1859. The charge is, that Joseph Jones, Joseph J. Jones, Richard Jones and Henry Quinn, on the 15th of February, 1858, at Shelby county, one black mare of the value of 100 dollars, of the personal property of one George W. Mounts, did then and there feloniously receive and conceal—the same mare having been then and there and theretofore feloniously stolen, &c.—they, the said Joseph, Joseph J., Richard, and Henry, then and there well knowing the said mare to have been so stolen, &c.' The appellant, Joseph Jones, was allowed a separate trial, which resulted in a verdict of guilty. Motions for a new trial and in arrest were denied, and judgment rendered on the verdict.
The evidence proves that the mare was stolen on the 3d of September, 1856, and was in the defendant’s possession on the 15th of the same month, and remained continuously in his possession up until- March, 1859, when she was claimed by Mounts as his property. As has been seen, this
The judgment is reversed with costs, Cause remanded, &c.