WHEN STOLEN PROPERTY IS FOUND IN THE POSSESSION OF ONE, NOT THE OWNER, AND WITHOUT A SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION OF SUCH POSSESSION, HE IS PRESUMED TO BE THE THIEF:

     Since the legal presumption of taking operated to shift the burden of evidence on appellant to disprove it, his uncorroborated version that he bought the watch from Gemma does not persuade. (People vs. Anabe, G.R. No. 179033, September 6, 2010, Carpio Morales, J.).