Court Opinion

ID: 8236887
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-10-16 02:40:05.564415+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:42:36.845435
License: Public Domain

Possession of stolen goods shortly after the commission of a larceny, if unexplained and unaccounted for, will furnish a basis for a verdict of guilty against the person so found in possession. The nearer the possession to the time of the larceny, the stronger will be the inference of guilt; and the question of the result of the lapse of time is for the jury. 1 Gr. Ev., §§31, 34; Ros. Cr. Ev., 19 (Ed. 1874 ;] 53 Ga., 143; 58 Ib., 602.