HARDY v. STATE

37782.

100 Ga. App. 88 (1959)

110 S.E.2d 82

HARDY v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Tate Conyers, for plaintiff in error.

Paul Webb, Solicitor-General, Carter Goode, Eugene L. Tiller, contra.


TOWNSEND, Judge.

1. Regarding the scienter necessary to be proved before one may be convicted of receiving stolen goods under Code § 26-2620, knowing them to have been stolen, the rule is laid down in Von Sprecken v. State, 70 Ga.App. 222, 224 (28 S.E.2d 341) as follows: "Before one can be convicted of receiving stolen goods it must appear from the evidence that he knew the property was stolen when he received it. It is true that the jury...

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