Bales v. State
West Virginia Supreme Court
Adam S. Bales was indicted by the grand jury of the county of Berkeley, at the September term, 1867, for the larceny of three hundred and thirty-nine ivory checks of the value of twenty-five cents each, of'the goods and chattels of Robert D. Chambers. He was found guilty at the same term, and his term of imprisonment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.
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Adam S. Bales was indicted by the grand jury of the county of Berkeley, at the September term, 1867, for the larceny of three hundred and thirty-nine ivory checks of the value of twenty-five cents each, of'the goods and chattels of Robert D. Chambers. He was found guilty at the same term, and his term of imprisonment fixed at one year in the penitentiary. A motion was made by the defendant for a new trial, which was continued to the January term, 1868, when it was overruled and the prisoner sentenced. The principal point on which the case was decided here was, whether larceny could be…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, President,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Adam S. Bales was convicted of grand larceny for stealing three hundred and. thirty ivory checks, of the value of twenty-five cents each. On the trial these checks were proved to have been kept by the owner at his saloon, for gambling purposes, and were so used in playing the game of poker.
The prisoner assigns for error, “ That the offence of larceny cannot be committed by taking and carrying away articles manufactured for and used for the purpose of gambling.” Alleging that “the law does not recognize them as property, over which its…
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