Anderson v. State

1. “Simple theft, or larceny, is the wrongful and fraudulent taking and carrying away, by any person, of the personal goods of another, with intent to steal the same.” Penal Code (1910), § 152. “The stealing of a hog is simple larceny, and shall be so charged in the indictment, and the hog so described that it may be identified by the owner.” Penal Code (1910), § 159.

2. Where one is found, after a recent larceny, in possession of *183the stolen goods, this circumstance is sufficient to authorize the jury to find him guilty of the larceny. The reasonableness of the explanation, if any, by the…