Jones v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Jones was indicted for larceny at the Sept. Term, 1848, of the Green Circuit Court, and obtained a change of venue to Scott county. At the September Term, 1849, of the Scott Circuit Court, Jones was tried and convicted. After hearing a motion for a new trial, and overruling the same, the Court sentenced Jones to one year in the Penitentiary. Jones brings the cause to this Court, by writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted' on ana indictment for larceny. On the trial, the Court, at the instance; of the prosecution, instructed the jury that “possession of property, recently stolen, is prima facie evidence of the guilt of the' possessor, unless he shall make a satisfactory and uncontradictory account of how he obtained the possession.” The Court declined to give the following instruction, demanded by the prisoner : “ If the jury believe, from the evidence, that the defendant: bought the property, and paid for it in the city of Springfield, and' this pui’chase was open and…
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