In re McLean

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Wilbur McLean, having been prosecuted upon a charge of grand larceny and sentenced to the penitentiary, asks to be discharged by habeas corpus upon the ground that the verdict against him was so indefinite as to be absolutely void. The information charged the theft of wearing apparel worth more than twenty dollars. The verdict read:

“We, the jury impaneled and sworn in the above-entitled case, do upon our oath find the defendant, Wilbur McLean, guilty of larceny, and find the value of the property taken to be twenty-eight (28.00).”

The…