Judgment of conviction reversed on the law and the information dismissed, the findings of fact having been considered and affirmed.
There being no direct evidence that defendant had taken the pocketbook the conviction rests upon the application of the rule "that possession of stolen property, recently after theft", is prima facie evidence that the possessor is the thief (Knickerbocker v. People, 43 N.Y. 177). However, what is "recent" varies in each case, depending...
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