State v. Lewis
Decision Date | 17 October 1936 |
Citation | 187 S.E. 728 |
Parties | STATE. v. LEWIS. |
Court | West Virginia Supreme Court |
For majority opinion, see 187 S.E. 315.
For supplemental opinion of Judge McKENNA, see 188 S.E. 473.
HATCHER, President (dissenting).
I can add nothing to the logic of Judge MAXWELL, and would merely support it by a seemingly unbroken line of authority. "In all cases, knowledge at the time the goods are received that they have been stolen is absolutely essential; but knowledge may always be inferred from the circumstances, and is sufficiently shown if the circumstances proven are such as must have made the recipient believe they were stolen." Clark's Cr.Law (3d Ed.) § 109, pp. 381, 382. State v. Van Treese, 198 Iowa, 984, 200 N.W. 570, 571. Accord: Bishop on Cr.Law (9th Ed.) § 1138; Wharton's Cr.Law (12th Ed.) §§ 1231, 1232; 2 Brill Cyc.Cr.Law, § 930; Desty Am.Cr.Law, § 147-d; State v. Goldstrohm, 84 W.Va. 129, 134, 99 S.E. 248; Collins v. State, 33 Ala. 434, 73 Am.Dec. 426; Meath v. State, 174 Wis. 80, 182 N.W. 334; Ellison v. Com., 190 Ky. 305, 227 S.W. 458; State v. Druxinman, 34 Wash. 257, 75 P. 814; State v. Gargare, 88 N.J.Law, 389, 95 A. 625; State v. Frankel, 1 W.W.Harr. (31 Del.) 372, 114 A. 608; Bowers v. State, 196 Ind. 4, 146 N.E. 818; State v. Alpert, 88 Vt. 191, 92 A. 32, 33; Webb v. State, 19 Okl.Cr. 450, 200 P. 719; People v. Kohn, 290 Ill. 410, 125 N.E. 293; Henze v. State, 154 Md. 332, 140 A. 218; Birdsong v. State, 120 Ga. 850, 48 S.E. 329; Com. v. Leonard, 140 Mass. 473, 4 N.E. 96, 54 Am.Rep. 485; People v. Mullis, 200 Mich. 505, 166 N.W. 859; State v. Gordon, 105 Minn. 217, 117 N.W. 483, 15 Ann.Cas. 897; Frank v. State, 67 Miss. 125, 6 So. 842; State v. Richmond, 186 Mo. 71, 84 S.W. 880, 884; State v. Rountree, 80 S.C. 387, 61 S.E. 1072, 22 L.R A.(N.S.) 833; State v. Lewark, 106 Kan. 184, 186 P. 1002; Murio v. State, 31 Tex. Cr.R. 210, 20 S.W. 356.
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