The accused, a railways employ, was charged with—(1) stealing certain potatoes from a truck at a railway station, and (2) receiving the same knowing them to have been stolen. The potatoes were found on the accused’s premises, near the station. The accused gave evidence on oath on his own behalf as to how he came by the potatoes, but was found guilty of receiving, though not guilty of stealing. The trial Judge, in passing a sentence of 12 months’ imprisonment, referred to the frequency of pilfering from railway trucks and to the necessity of putting it down by exemplary sentences.