Carson v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years; hence this appeal.

There is but one assignment that deserves to be noticed, that is, the charge of the court on recent possession. We quoted said charge, as follows: “In this case the State relies upon the possession by defendant recently after the time when the offense is alleged to have been committed of the property alleged to have been so taken. Such possession of recently stolen property to warrant an inference of presumption of guilt from the…