Brown v. State

Lumpkin, Justice.

Sections 4894 and 4395 of the code read as follows: “TIorse stealing shall be denominated simple larceny, and the term ‘horse’ shall include mule and ass, and each animal of both sexes, and without regard to the alterations which may be made by artificial means.” “The ofience shall, in all cases, be charged as simple larceny, but the indictment shall designate the nature, character and sex of the animal, and give some other description by which its identity may be ascertained.” By the first of these sections, the theft of any horse, mule or ass is made “horse stealing,”…