State v. McLaughlin

It , is sufficient to say, without analyzing the instructions that were given, that they presented the law of the case fairly to the jury, .and on the hypothesis that the defendant found the pocket-book the law was stated in conformity to the opinion of this court in the case of the State v. Conway, 18 Mo. 321. The instructions asked by the defendant were properly - refused because the principle contained in the first was covered by one already given, and the second was wrong because it assumed that larceny can only exist where the property stolen is taken from the possession of the owner,…