The provisions of the last two sections shall be liberally construed in favor of the people, and in order to convict of any offense made punishable in said sections it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to prove knowledge, intent, purpose or motive on the part of the accused, but such knowledge, intent, purpose and motive may be presumed when the wrongful act of the accused has been shown, and shall justify a conviction, unless the testimony in the case shall satisfactorily show the good faith and innocent purpose of the accused.
History: Laws 1884, ch. 47, § 14; C.L. 1884, § 67; C.L. 1897, § 78; Code 1915, § 45; C.S. 1929, § 4-319; 1941 Comp., § 49-922; 1953 Comp., § 47-9-21.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The compilers of the 1915 Code substituted the words "last two sections," referring to Laws 1884, ch. 47, § 13, and Laws 1895, ch. 6, § 15, for the words "last three sections," referring to Laws 1884, ch. 47, §§ 11 to 13. Laws 1884, ch. 47, § 13, compiled as 77-9-23 NMSA 1978, is the only one of these sections presently compiled.