Worthington v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The evidence showed that the larceny for which the appellant was indicted, was committed in West Virginia, and that he was arrested in this State with the stolen goods in his possession. Exception.-—The traverser moved the Court to strike out the above testimony from the consideration of the jury; but the Court, (Alvey, and Mottkr, J.,) overruled said motion.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The evidence showed that the larceny for which the appellant was indicted, was committed in West Virginia, and that he was arrested in this State with the stolen goods in his possession. Exception.-—The traverser moved the Court to strike out the above testimony from the consideration of the jury; but the Court, (Alvey, and Mottkr, J.,) overruled said motion. The traverser excepted, and the verdict and judgment being against him, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtGrRASon, J.
The only question presented in this case is whether an indictment for the larceny of goods in this State, can be sustained upon proof showing that the party indicted had stolen the same goods in another State and brought them within our jurisdiction.
This question has never been settled by this Court. In 1802, as reported in Cummings vs. State of Maryland, 1 Har. & John., 340, 343, it appears that Cummings had been indicted in Baltimore County for the larceny of a mare, and the jury found a special verdict that Cummings had stolen the mare in Chester County, in the State of Pennsylvania, and…
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