State v. . Morrison

Stacy, O. J.

The following excerpt taken from the charge forms the basis of one of the defendant’s exceptive assignments of error:

“Tbe court tells you that, receiving stolen goods, knowing them to bave been stolen, means exactly wbat tbe language implies; taking into one’s possession tbe goods, wares, and chattels of another, knowing at tbe time of such taking that tbe goods were stolen, or under such circumstances as would put a reasonably prudent man on notice that such goods are stolen.”

It will be observed tbe indictment charges tbe defendant with “feloni-ously” receiving stolen goods,…