State v. Kelter

Citations

• 108 Kan. 555
• 196 P. 241
• 1921 Kan. LEXIS 221

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Receiving Stolen Property — Allegation of Ownership, as Bailee, in Railroad Company — Railroad in Control of United States Government. The information in a prosecution for receiving stolen property alleged that the goods involved were “of the goods and chattels of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, bailee, said Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, being then and there under the control of the United States government.” Held, that there was no. substantial variance between the allegation and the proof, and that possession was properly laid in the railroad company. (Brackville v. Telephone Co., 107 Kan. 130, 132,190 Pac. 773.)</p>