State v. . Harrington
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT tried before Calvert, J., and a jury, at May Term, 1918, of Lenoir. Defendants were indicted for tbe larceny of harness and other property. They were tried and convicted, and from the judgment upon the verdict they have appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWaleer, J.
We need consider but one exception, which was taken to the judge’s charge, that a presumption arises from the recent possession of stolen goods. In this connection it was stated by the court .that while there is this presumption, more or less strong as the possession is more or less recent, the defendants had' the right to explain the' fact of possession, “and if the testimony offered by them in explanation raises a reasonable doubt of their guilt, they are entitled-to an acquittal.” The explanation, which was that defendants had purchased the property from another, was not all of the…
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