State v. Richart

I. The court instructed the jury that:

i session of°s’ presumption: “ 5. The possessioñ of property recently stolen, when that possession is unexplained, is jprima faeie evidence of guilt. Hence, if you believe from the evidence, that at. or about the time and in the county charged, the wheat described in the indictment was stolen, or any part thereof; that it was taken from the barn of the said Saunders in the night time, and was his property, and if yon find that such stolen wheat was the next day found in the possession of the defendant, and was sold by him, then the presumption of law is…