State v. Sommers

Defendant was indicted for stealing $450. The testimony showed that he attempted to snatch from the hands *375of a girl who was carrying the same through an unfrequented street, a bag containing that amount in silver and bank-notes. The court directed the jury to acquit of grand larceny ; but if they believed from the evidence that defendant did, at the date named and at the place named, feloniously attempt to steal, take, and carry away from the daughter of Frederick Kurst the money of said Kurst in a sum in excess of $30, and did so with intent to convert the same to his own use and to deprive…