Supreme Court of Puerto Rico September 30, 1963, No. CR-62-99 (People v. Nieves Alvelo)

PER CURIAM:

The mere possession of the thing or of the objects stolen is not in itself sufficient to support a conviction for the offense of larceny, but, in the absence of direct evidence on the act of the illegal taking, the recent possession by the defendant of the stolen property together with other circumstances — to offer a false explanation on the origin of that possession, or that it be