Wakefield Alias Wingfield v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The State relies upon the possession of the stolen tablecloth in the defendant, and her statement that the tablecloth had been given her by Mrs. Berliant, and her admission on the stand and by way of explanation of her possession that it came from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Berliant. The evidence is silent as to when the tablecloth was missed from the home of the prosecutor. Indeed there is no evidence that this particular article was ever missed at all until it was found in the home of the defendant. The nearest the evidence fixes the missing of any…