Drummond v. State

Citations

• 103 Miss. 221
• 60 So. 138

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Receiving stolen goods. Instructions. Harmless error.</p> <p>On a trial for receiving stolen goods, it was error for the court to give for the state an instruction that “guilty knowledge is often not capable of direct proof, that it is a conclusion to be drawn from all the facts and circumstances in the case, and if the jury are satisfied from the facts and circumstances that the defendant received or bought the meat and converted it to his own use, when he had knowledge or had good reason to believe it was stolen property, then they will find him guilty.”</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>Where no other verdict than that of guilty could have been reached by the jury from the facts in evidence, the verdict will not be set aside on appeal because of the giving of an erroneous instruction on circumstantial evidence.</p>