State v. Dunn

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J. :

A judgment of conviction was rendered against Edward Dunn in the district court of Wyandotte county, in a prosecution under section 1, chapter 105, Laws of 1886 (Gen. Stat. 1901, §2373), which reads as follows :

“Whoever shall unlawfully pick the pockets of another, or unlawfully take from the person of another any personal property, with intent to steal the same, shall upon conviction thereof be deemed guilty of felony, and be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for any term not exceeding four years.”

The title of the act is ‘…