Wright v. United States

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The appellant was convicted on both counts of a two count indictment pursuant to Section 22-1801 and Section 22-2201 D.C. Code (1940). The first count charged housebreaking and the second charged grand larceny.

The appellant alleges that the District Court erred in instructing the jury that the possession of recently stolen property by the appellant raised a presumption of law that the appellant was guilty, shifted the burden of proof tO' him, and required the jury to convict him unless…