Tolleson v. Jackson

If the defendant Tolleson had reasonable grounds for believing, and did believe that the plaintiff Jackson stole the rim and tire in question from the owner, or received it from a third person, knowing it had been stolen, and with no intention to return it to the owner, there existed probable cause for arresting Jackson, and the arrest was not unlawful, though made without a warrant; the theft in question being a felony. Section 3263, Code of 1923; Rich v. McInerny, 103 Ala. 345, 354, 15 So. 663, 49 Am. St. Rep. 32.

"It is the settled law of this state that the recent possession of stolen…