State v. Beatty
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jacltson Criminal Court. — Hon. H. P. White, Judge. ■ (1) When the indictment charges the larceny of more than one article of personal property, the value of each separately must be set forth in the indictment, and so proved. State v. Longbottoms, 11 Humph.
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Appeal from Jacltson Criminal Court. — Hon. H. P. White, Judge. ■ (1) When the indictment charges the larceny of more than one article of personal property, the value of each separately must be set forth in the indictment, and so proved. State v. Longbottoms, 11 Humph. (Tenn.) 39 ; State v. Clark, 8 Ired. 226 ; State v. Goodrich, 46 N. H. 186; Sheppard v. State, 42 Ala. 531; Com. v. Smith, 1 Mass. 245; Morgan v. State, 13 Fla. 671; State v. Merrill, 44 N. H. 624; Hope v. Com., 9 Mete. (Mass.) 134; Com. v. Lavery, 101 Mass. 207; Com. v. Cahill, 12' Allen, 540; 2 Hale, P. C., 182 ; 3 Chit.…
1Opinion of the Court
Black, J. —
The indictment charges the defendant with stealing “one overcoat, one vest, one pair of pants, *146one valise and contents, all of the value of one hundred dollars.”
The state offered evidence to the effect that the articles were all stolen at the same time from the room of the prosecuting witness and were of the aggregate value of one hundred dollars; that the defendant sold the coat, pants and vest to a pawn broker in a day or two after the theft for nine dollars; that he evaded the officers when about to be arrested by running and secreting himself in a house. The defendant objected…
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