Commonwealth v. Hodges
Commonwealth v. Hodges
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The defendant was charged with larceny and receiving stolen goods. The Commonwealth showed that he was a driver for Glandz, Hall & Company, dealer in rugs. On October 27th he went to the Merchants & Miners Transportation Company for rugs of this dealer. He there received and receipted for six bales. The Commonwealth also proved the receipt of five bales of rugs at Philadelphia by the Merchants & Miners Transportation Company, shipped over its lines by the Plymouth Mills Company for Landis & Company, and the subsequent receipt of four bales by that company. The bales were all duly numbered and the missing bale contained six Crex rugs. Blankenburg, an officer of the railroad company, testified in connection with these rugs, after the bills of lading, with the description of the articles had been offered in evidence, and after the testimony of Souder as
The assignments of error four, five and six are not in accordance with our rules of court. It was, however, not error to admit the papers complained of. The court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to grant a new trial and its instructions as to reasonable doubt were sufficient under our decisions.
The judgment is affirmed and the record remitted to the court below to the end that the sentence may be carried into effect.
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