State v. West

The appellant was convicted in the Greene county circuit court of larceny from the person of one Lloyd Howard, and his punishment assessed by the jury at one year’s imprisonment in the county jail. The property charged to have been taken was the prosecuting witness’ shirt and trousers and $8.05 in money therein. Under Sec. 4460, R. S. 1939, Sec. 4068, Mo. Stat. Ann., p. 2874, larceny from the person is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary although' the value of the property stolen be less than $30.00, and therefore is a felony, of which this court has appellate jurisdiction. The…