State v. Janks
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Twin Falls County. Hon. Chas. O. Stockslager, Judge. Prosecution for receiving stolen property. Verdict and judgment of conviction. Defendant William C. Janks appeals. “The inference arising from the possession of stolen property is said to be one of fact, and not of law. It never rises to the dignity of a conclusive presumption.”
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Twin Falls County. Hon. Chas. O. Stockslager, Judge. Prosecution for receiving stolen property. Verdict and judgment of conviction. Defendant William C. Janks appeals. “The inference arising from the possession of stolen property is said to be one of fact, and not of law. It never rises to the dignity of a conclusive presumption.” (State v. Pomeroy, 30 Or. 16, 46 Pae. 797; State v. Hodge, 50 N. H. 510.) “Even the recent, exclusive, unexplained possession of recently stolen property constitutes a mere circumstance, to be…
1Opinion of the CourtTruitt, J.
The defendant, William C. Janks, was convicted in the lower court of the crime of buying and receiving stolen property for his own gain, knowing the same to have been stolen, and was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of not less than six months and not more than five years, and to pay the costs of the prosecution. From this judgment and from the order denying the motion for a new trial defendant appeals to this court.
The errors relied upon for the reversal of said judgment of conviction as presented by the brief of appellant are as follows:
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. MarrenIdaho Supreme Court · 1910
- Slater v. United StatesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- State v. SeymourIdaho Supreme Court · 1900
- People v. ChambersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1861
- Goldstein v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
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