The Man in the Green Coat

An anonymous woman called 911 to report a man in a park holding what she thought was a shotgun, and named him. She declined to identify herself and was gone by the time police arrived. An officer found a man in a long dark green trench coat matching the description. Asked where the gun was, the man said it was in his backpack. The firearm turned out to be a cut-down bolt-action rifle in .30-06 - a prohibited firearm. He was charged with possession of an unloaded prohibited or restricted firearm with readily accessible ammunition, possession without a registration certificate, carrying a concealed weapon, and possession of break-in instruments. He argued innocent possession: that he had come by the rifle without any criminal purpose and was not keeping it for himself.