Harper v. State

Citations

• 71 Miss. 202

Syllabus

<p>Burglary and Larceny. Recent possession. Presumption.</p> <p>While the recent possession by accused of property burglariously stolen is a circumstance which may be considered, and from which, in the absence of a reasonable explanation, the jury may infer guilt, yet the law does not raise a presumption of guilt from such possession, and it is error to instruct that it does. Matthews v. State, 61 Miss., 155.</p>