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JACKSON v. STATE

No. 9, September Term, 1970.

10 Md. App. 337 (1970)

270 A.2d 322

WILLIE PRESTON JACKSON, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack E. Richards for appellant.

Francis X. Pugh, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Joseph Harlan, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ORTH and THOMPSON, JJ.

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

THE OFFENSE OF RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS

The Common Law

To buy or receive stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen, was a misdemeanor at common law.1 The receiver was indictable for misprision of the felony of larceny, because of his knowing the thief and neglecting to prosecute him, or of compounding the felony, if he agreed not to prosecute him, each a substantive...

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