Arkwright v. State

1. “Knowledge that goods are stolen is an essential element of the crime of receiving stolen goods (Sanford v. State, 4 Ga. App. 449, 61 S. E. 741; O’Connell v. State, 55 Ga. 191), and'this knowledge on the part of the accused must be proved, to warrant a conviction under the Penal Code, § 168 (Stripland v. State, 114 Ga. 843, 40 S. E. 993); but it may be inferred from circumstances (Birdsong v. State, 120 Ga. 850, 48 S. E. 329; Rivers v. State, 118 Ga. 42-45, 44 S. E. 859), where the circumstances shown would excite suspicion in the minds of ordinarily prudent men (Cobb v. State, 76 Ga. 664;…