State v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The defendant was convicted, before a justice of the peace in Scott county, of the crime of larceny. He appealed, on questions of law and fact, to the district court for that county, where he was tried before Macdonald, J., and a jury, and again convicted. Sentence was passed upon him, and from this judgment he appeals.
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The defendant was convicted, before a justice of the peace in Scott county, of the crime of larceny. He appealed, on questions of law and fact, to the district court for that county, where he was tried before Macdonald, J., and a jury, and again convicted. Sentence was passed upon him, and from this judgment he appeals. To the statement of facts in the opinion, it may be added that the centre of the main channel of the Minnesota river is the dividing line between Hennepin and Scott counties.
1Opinion of the CourtCornell, J.
The offence charged against the defendant is that of larceny, committed, as is alleged, “by feloniously taking, stealing and carrying away from the possession of the *67complainant, four dollars and sixty cents, lawful money of the United States of America, of the following denominations, to wit, one two-dollar bill, two one-dollar bills, and one fifty-cent scrip, and one ten-cent scrip, the property of the complainant,” etc. The phrase “four dollars and sixty cents, lawful money of the United States of America, ” necessarily imports that much of value, and its meaning would not have been any…
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