The combination of circumstantial evidence including location near the crime scene, possession of stolen goods, housebreaking implements in quantities matching the number of occupants, an active police scanner, and evidence of the accused's continuous presence with co-accused throughout the relevant period is sufficient to establish joint possession and to support the doctrine of recent possession, even where the precise time of theft cannot be pinpointed.
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