State v. Jamison

GODFREY, Justice.

Defendants Robert T. Jamison and Wayne P. Joy were apprehended in the act of removing a bag of currency from a private automobile used for the collection of money from vending machines. They appeal from convictions of theft by unauthorized taking. 17 — A M.R.S.A. § 353 (Supp. 1978).

Appellants cite State v. Thornes, 126 Me. 163, 136 A. 726 (1927), in support of their contention that the description of the property in the indictment as “United States currency” is fatally defective. Thornes was decided before the adoption of the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure. Rule 7(c),…