Farzley v. State

Section 4912, Code 1923, contains a provision not in section 7329 of the Code of 1907. There was added "or having reasonable grounds for believing that it has been stolen."

As we understand the opinion of the Court of Appeals in this case, it is that the offense is not proven unless the defendant knows that the goods are stolen, but that a conviction may be sustained if the defendant has reasonable grounds for believing that the goods had been stolen, upon the idea that such "reasonable grounds" are sufficient upon which to predicate a finding by the jury as a legitimate inference that such…