State v. Durane

The question presented is whether, in a prosecution for larceny of an article alleged to be worth less than $100, bub not less than $20, the general verdict “guilty,” without mention of the value of the property stolen or the grade of larceny committed, is a valid verdict.

Appellant was accused of having stolen a lady’s vanity case, valued at $50, and containing 16 cents. Technically, the offense charged was larceny of property worth less than $100 and not less than $20, the penalty for which grade of larceny, as fixed in section 5 of Act 107 of 1902, p. 161, is imprisonment with or without…