Worster v. State

Citations

• 82 Fla. 463
• 90 So. 188

Syllabus

<p>1. Where a particular fact is an essential element of a crime, and in a prosecution for such crime there is no evidence showing the essential fact and no evidence from which the existence of such fact may he fairly inferred, a verdict of guilty of the crime of which such non-proved fact is an essential element will be set aside by an appellate court.</p> <p>2. It is essential to a conviction for receiving stolen property that the receiver shall have knowledge that the property was. stolen at the time of its reception, or of such circumstances; as would put a man of ordinary intelligence and caution oru inquiry.</p> <p>3. Evidence in this case examined and found insufficient to sustain a conviction.</p>