State v. James
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Indictment, for larceny of a printed list of names and dates. Tlie persons named were subscribers to a newspaper, and the dates were the periods to which they had paid. The owner made up his account-books from this list once a month.
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
The questions reserved were, whether the list was a writing containing evidence of an existing debt, within s. 3, c. 260, Gen. St.; whether, if it was not such a writing, it was a chattel within said section; and if such a chattel, whether evidence was admissible to prove it worth to the owner twenty dollars, although to others it was of no value.
The statute of December, 1812, so far as material, was the same as s. 8, c. 260, of the Gen. St. In Blanchard v. Fisk, 2 N. H. 398, 400, it was held, in construing the act of 1812, that, to make the taking of a file of bills larceny, it must contain…
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