State v. . Johnson

We are informed that the proofs in this cause establish as a fact the finding of the stolen property in the house of the defendant, where he and his wife alone resided, and the exception to the (237) charge of the judge is that he regarded this as a possession by the defendant, and authorized the jury so to assume.

We do not think this is erroneous. The sense of the term possession in this connection is not necessarily limited to custody about the person. It may be of things elsewhere deposited, but under the control of a party. It may be in a storeroom or barn, when the party has the key. In…