State v. Wellman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of Minneapolis, adjudging him guilty of the larceny of five thousand feet of illuminating gas, and imposing a fine of $50 and costs. The action was tried by the court, a jury being waived.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The defendant was charged with the larceny of a quantity of illuminating gas of the value of $12.50, and the question here is whether the evidence justified his conviction. That illuminating gas may be the subject of a larceny cannot admit of a doubt. Regina v. White, 6 Cox, Cr. Cas. 213; Com. v. Shaw, 4 Allen, 308.
That a larceny was committed in this case by some one is undisputed. It was committed by connecting, with a piece of lead pipe, the two arms of the service-pipe at the place where the meter had been detached, and then turning the stop-cock so as to allow the gas to pass through the…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Woods v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Runck v. CloudOhio Superior Court, Cincinnati · 1901