Hardy v. State

Townsend, Judge.

1. Regarding the- scienter necessary to be proved before one may be convicted of receiving stolen goods under Code § 26-2620, knowing them to have been stolen, the rule is laid down in Von Sprecken v. State, 70 Ga. App. 222, 224 (28 S. E. 2d 341) as follows: “Before one can be convicted of receiving stolen goods it must appear from the evidence that he knew the property was stolen when he received it. It is true that the jury in determining whether a defendant had such knowledge can consider all of the evidence, direct and circumstantial, tending to show such knowledge. They…