State v. Raymond
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for tlieft, in the Superior Court in Fairfield County; tried to the jury on the plea of not guilty before Loomis, J. Yerdict guilty, and motion for a new trial by the accused. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The prisoner was charged with theft. It seems that the evidence against him consisted in part of proof that he and one Clark, who had just been convicted of stealing the same goods, were in the possession of the stolen goods soon after the theft. The counsel for the accused requested the court to charge the jury “ that possession of stolen property is not alone sufficient to convict of larceny; that to raise the presumption of guilt from the possession of stolen property, such property must be found in the exclusive possession of the prisoner; and further, that the presumption that he who is…
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