Philamalee v. State

James Philamalee was prosecuted in the district court of Cedar county under an information charging the crime of robbery, and upon the trial was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the period of one year. He has brought the record here for review, alleging as grounds for reversal that certain instructions were erroneous, and that the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction.

Complaint is made of the following definition of larceny contained in the seventh instruction: “Larceny is the wrongful and unlawful taking and carrying or leading away…