People v. Vaccarella

The sole question upon this appeal is whether there was sufficient evidence before the grand jury to warrant the indictment for the crime of criminally receiving stolen property. Four rings which had been stolen on the 9th day of February, 1939, were, on the tenth day of February, received by the defendant from one of the persons who had stolen the rings. On the twelfth day of February they were discovered by the police in the possession of the defendant. “ It is the law that recent and exclusive possession of the fruits of crime, if unexplained or falsely explained, will justify the…