Frank v. State

Citations

• 67 Miss. 125

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Receiving stolen goods. Evidence.</p> <p>Under an indictment for receiving stolen goods, knowing them to he stolen, proof that the defendant himself stole the goods will not warrant a conviction. Satiorious v. The State, 24 Miss. 602.</p> <p>2. Same. Proof of guilty knowledge.</p> <p>A conviction will be upheld if the circumstances warrant the conclusion that the goods were stolen by another, and the defendant received them under circumstances 'sufficient to make him believe they were stolen. It is not necessary that he should have positive knowledge of the theft. If the transaction convinces him, or should do so, that the goods were stolen, this is guilty knowledge.</p>