Yates v. State

The first clause of the charge of the court in this case, is in these words: “ Property recently stolen being found *203“ in the possession of a person, the law presumes that person to “ be the thief, and such person must rebut the presumption by “ proof, such as having bought the property in a public man- “ ner.” We think there is error in this charge, especially when applied to the facts as proven on the trial of this case.

Easter Waggoner, on the last day of December, or first day of January, had taken from her house, by some person unknown to her, a feather bed and some bed-clothing, and, on…