Thomas v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Hines :

We think the indictment is good. The charge is of grand larceny, and the specification that “the said-feloniously took and carried away one buggy of the value of $ioo and two horses of the value of $ioo each, the personal property of Jas. S. Long,” dtc. McBride v. Commonwealth, 13 Bush 337.

The proof in the case was that the property belonged to the wife of Jas. S. Long, but that it was in the possession and under the control of the husband as agent for the wife at the time it was obtained by appellant. This, we think, was not a fatal variance. It is well established…