State v. Moore
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court — Hon. H. P. White, Judge. (1) The court’s definition of larceny forms a good definition of trespass but falls far short of defining larceny. Sackett’s Inst, to Juries, sec. 8, p. 741 and p. 743, sec. 11; Nutzell ». State, 60 Ga. 264; State v. Green, 81 N. C. 560; Mason •». State, 32 Ark. 238; Hart v. State, 57 Ind. 102; 0pm. w.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court — Hon. H. P. White, Judge. (1) The court’s definition of larceny forms a good definition of trespass but falls far short of defining larceny. Sackett’s Inst, to Juries, sec. 8, p. 741 and p. 743, sec. 11; Nutzell ». State, 60 Ga. 264; State v. Green, 81 N. C. 560; Mason •». State, 32 Ark. 238; Hart v. State, 57 Ind. 102; 0pm. w. Hurd, 123 Mass. 438; State v. Wood, 46 la. 116 ; 63 Ind. 223 ; Holser v. State, 5 S. W. Rep. 523 ; Hamlit v. Com., 5 S. W. Rep. (Ky.) 366 ; People v. Paschlce, 15 Pac. Rep. 13 ; Kelly’s Crim. Law, sec. 601, 328; State •». Warden, 94…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The defendant, indicted for stealing a horse belonging to Luther C. Campbell, on trial was found guilty, and, his punishment assessed at two years imprisonment in the penitentiary, has appealed to this court.
*321The testimony, in brief, is the following: The horse stolen was a large sorrel horse, belonging to Luther C. Campbell, and worth about ninety dollars ; Campbell lived in and was engaged in the drug business in Kansas City, Missouri ; the horse got his left hind foot hurt along in August, 1888, and on the twenty-ninth day of that month Campbell sent him to the pasture of Mr. Hardesty,…
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