Legal Definition and Related Resources of Receiving stolen goods

The offense of receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen.
(1) The property must have been received, but constructive receipt is sufficient
(95 N. C. 626; 6 Cox, C. C. 353), and at common law it must have been received from the thief (13 Ired. [N. C] 338) ; but under the statutes, the rule seems otherwise (38 Fla. 3; 52 Neb. 727). (2) The property must have been, at the time, stolen property in fact and law. 9 Cush. 284. (3) The receiver must know at the time that it was stolen (78 N. C. 491; 60 111. 119), but knowledge of circumstances from which any man of ordinary observation could have known that it was stolen is enough (33 Ala. 434; 96 Iowa, 299). (4) The property must be received with fraudulent intent, but the intent need not be lucri causa, an intent to aid the thief being sufficient. 101 111. 16; 26 Tex. App. 205. An intent to hold for a reward is a fraudulent intent. 37 Ohio St. 63.

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Receiving stolen goods in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of receiving stolen goods.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• receiving stolen goods in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• receiving stolen goods in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis