Moore v. State

PREHDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the theft of $210. On this appeal he presents but one single question,— the validity of the indictment.

Our statute is: “Theft is the fraudulent taking of corporeal personal property belonging to another from his possession . . . without his consent, with intent to deprive the owner of the value of the same, and to appropriate it to the use or benefit of the person taking.” The indictment in this case, after the necessary preliminary allegations, avers that Woodward Moore, “did then and there fraudulently take $210 . . . the same being…