Case Name: MELENDIA v. PEOPLE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1928-12-10
Citations: 1 V.I. 597
Docket Number: No. 3952
Parties: MELENDIA v. PEOPLE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
Judges: Before Buffington, Woolley, and Davis, Circuit Judges
Reporter: Virgin Islands Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 597–598

Head Matter:
MELENDIA v. PEOPLE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
No. 3952
Circuit Court of Appeals Third Circuit
December 10, 1928
See, also, 29 F.2d 741
D. H. Jackson, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for appellant
J. C. Fox, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for the People
Before Buffington, Woolley, and Davis, Circuit Judges

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Property feloniously taken from the owner's house was found in the personal possession of the accused. As he made an unsatisfactory explanation of how he had ac quired it, we find that the rule of evidence in larceny cases in respect to property recently stolen and found in the possession of one other than the owner was not improperly applied. 17 R.C.L. 71-74.
The judgment is affirmed.