Case Name: Murray v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1908-06-18
Citations: 4 Ga. App. 450
Docket Number: 1144
Parties: Murray v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 450–450

Head Matter:
1144.
Murray v. The State.
Accusation of receiving stolen goods, from city court of Macon— Judge Hodges. March 14, 1908.
Submitted June 9,
Decided June 18, 1908.
Nottingham & McClellan, for plaintiff in error.
William Brunson, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Powell, J.
In a prosecution for receiving stolen goods, proof of guilty knowledge on the part of the defendant in receiving the goods is an essential to a lawful conviction. There is a fatal lack of proof of the scienter in the present case. See Sanford v. State, ante, 449.
Judgment reversed.