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*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
wlthln the maw of the tern thert know- ing the ‘Bcrm4 to huvo been 60 aoguired, shall ba punished in the mae mumor as if he had etolen $ha prapsrtyo*
h&lole 1481 of tha ~Ponal 30% of Toxaae prOvld6sr Vhcft of property of the onluc of fifty.
dollar8 or over still brr puninhad b aonfine- sunt la+!10 5: genltantlary nQt loss t-al two nor mom than ten yaar5."
The offeneo of theft of property nnd reoeivinaj or oonoealing the aam property are entirely separate and dietinot offtanaoer Kaufnen V. state 70 Cr. R@ 4.38 I.59 S. 74 58; C1ark.v. Stata, 0l Cr. !L 157, 194 .1* v* &37* Snidar ve Btato, 119 Cr. R, 635, 44 8. :'i. (26) 997. To oonetitute the offense of reoeivIng or oonoeal%ng stolen property, it 'is not nooeoaarg that the defendant know frcn Thn ~avamen of the offense whom the property was stolen le the re0ei~I.W and oonooal& of the pro erty knowing it -1 to have been~Otolenr Pannoll v, Gtnto, L Cr. iL 516, 51 8, T4 (Ihi) 39&
~e..asame frcnn your letter that Carver rooalwd all Of the m+~ul'y, whioh 18 valued in 5X0986 of $60.00, all the mine tlner The ag;FISagate value of t!-t;o stolen prap- erty reoslwd or ooni!ssZed detorminos the grade of the of-
Drussall V* mite, a65 8, ':;. 164. The fact that ~%&vxary *cuti stolen frors two scparote lsaaes and that t&a leasas were omed by two ao;?mate peroons, Boos not reduoe tha prade of the offsnaer Theft of property of tbo ~rrlue of #50400 ox more is credo 8 felony, and reoeivim or ~onooallng etolon property of tha vnI.u.uo of ,550.CO or store la 1lfCowlse made o felo!3$ . Artialea 14131 an& 1430 Of the PfnlRl code. ]ta vle~ of Lho fore ?oFas, nuth@tlN, gOU arta k 2,
roerpeatfully advlaad that is 8 %..a opinion cf thie depart- mont that If &arwr reoelved all of the mrdltr P whioh it3 valued at #50,00 or mm, in the ~&m trmeaot on* kmmin& it to hma been stolen, ha should be proaaouted for a f@lOnF.
rzqsting t&%the foroeoing satlsfnotC&Ly dlaposas *3 4 l D. !?ux e DQVif36 im3intant