Delk v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kemper County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. James Delk and Tony Carter, charged with stealing a jack, the property of D. H. Garner and J. W. Carter, were jointly indicted for grand larceny. Tony Carter having pleaded “ guilty,” testified on the trial of James Delk that Delk came to “ my house and said he wanted me to go with him and help kill the jack.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kemper County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. James Delk and Tony Carter, charged with stealing a jack, the property of D. H. Garner and J. W. Carter, were jointly indicted for grand larceny. Tony Carter having pleaded “ guilty,” testified on the trial of James Delk that Delk came to “ my house and said he wanted me to go with him and help kill the jack. Delk went to his house and got a pair of plow lines and we went to the lot, and he went in the stable and put the rope on the jack and led him out of the stable and tied him to the fence; then we put another rope…
1Opinion of the CourtAkNOLD, J.
There is no error in the instructions for the State, and the fifth instruction asked by appellant was properly refused.
*80The doctrine is well settled in this State that it is not necessary to constitute larceny that the taking should be. lucri causa. A fraudulent taking and removal of the personal property of another with intent to wholly and permanently deprive the owner of the same is larceny. Warden v. The State, 60 Miss. 638 ; Hamilton v. The State, 35 Ib. 214; 2 Bish. Crim. L., § 758; Williams, etc., v. The State, 52 Ala. 411.
It was not necessary that the animal stolen should have been…
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