McGill v. State

Jordan, Judge.

1. Where the defendant admits buying and receiving goods which are shown by undisputed evidence to have been stolen, the burden is still upon the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the transaction occurred with guilty knowledge on the part of the defendant; for scienter is an essential element of the crime of receiving stolen goods and must be proved to warrant conviction. Sanford v. State, 4 Ga. App. 449 (61 SE 741); Arkwright v. State, 57 Ga. App. 221 (1) (194 SE 876); Chambers v. State, 94 Ga. App. 531 (95 SE2d 326). “Such knowledge need not necessarily be proved…