Steidl v. State

CATES, Judge.

Steidl appeals from his conviction of grand larceny for the felonious taking, etc., from “a storehouse” of money which consisted of coins from a machine in. a coin-operated laundry owned by one Clayton Johnson.

I

The instant indictment rests upon Code 1940, T. 14, § 331 (which, in pertinent part, has consolidated Sections 3170, 3171 and 3172 of the Code of 1852), the provisions of which § 331 here relevant read:

“Any person who steals * * * any personal property of the value of five dollars or more * * * from or in any storehouse * * * shall be guilty of grand larceny, and, on…