Craft v. State

Deen, Judge.

1. “Upon proof alone of recent possession of stolen goods, the law does not put the burden upon the possessor of the stolen goods of proving that he was not guilty of receiving the goods knowingly.” Bird v. State, 72 Ga. App. 843 (4) (35 SE2d 483), and see Barron v. State, 109 Ga. App. 786 (137 SE2d 690).

2. “The guilty knowledge of the receiver, being in most cases not susceptible of direct proof, may be shown by circumstantial evidence, and if from all of the circumstances ‘the jury can conclude that the receiver did have good reason, as a reasonable person, to believe or suspect…