SILAS v. STATE

No. 4978.

337 S.W.2d 644 (1960)

A. C. SILAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh W. Trantham and Comrade Warrington Knauts, Piggott, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., by Clyde Calliotte, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HOLT, 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 years 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...

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