Gantz v. State

A diamond-ring, the property of Lambaek, was stolen from his dwelling-house, and a detective found it at the store of a Chinaman, who testified that the defendant and another negro gave him the ring to sell, — that he got it from the two of them together; though elsewhere he testified that the other negro was the one from whom he got it when they came to his store together. The defendant denied that he knew anything about the ring; and if the jury believed that his statement was false, they were authorized to consider the falsity of the statement as a circumstance pointing to his guilt. An…