People v. Ansteth

The evidence before the grand jury, unexplained and uncontradicted, must be sufficient to satisfy the grand jury beyond a reasonable doubt that *357defendants received the goods knowing that they had been stolen; otherwise the indictment may be dismissed. Code Crim. Pro., §§ 258, 389.

Absolute knowledge need not be proved, and the knowledge may be inferred from the circumstances surrounding the recovery. People v. Schooley, 149 N. Y. 99.

A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless he be corroborated.by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the…