People v. Levison

Field, C. J. and Cope, J. concurring.

This was an indictment for receiving stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen.

Various errors are assigned, but we think they are without merit, except one, and that is the charge of the Court to this effect: “ That a guilty knowledge on the part of the defendant is essential to the constitution of the offense. This may be shown either directly by the evidence of the principal offender,"or circumstantially, by proving that the defendant bought them very much under their value, or denied their being in his possession, or the like.” We understand that the…