Harris v. State

Alvin Harris was convicted of the offense of burglary. The evidence relied on by the State was the recent possession of stolen property. The defendant complained that the court erred in charging the jury, "if you find that the article or thing alleged in the indictment was stolen by some one, and that very soon thereafter this article or thing stolen was found in the recent possession of the defendant, if such possession is not satisfactorily explained, consistent with his innocence, would authorize you to identify the defendant as the guilty party, and convict him of the offense charged; but…