Commonwealth v. Sherman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment on the Gen. Sts. c. 168, § 8, for attempting to , commit larceny from the person; averring that the defendant on May 25,1870, at Milford, “ did attempt to steal, take and carry away from the person of Andrew Franklin, the money, goods and chattels of the said Franklin, then and there being in the possession and upon the person of the said Franklin, that being an offence prohibited by law, and in such attempt did then and there do a certain overt act towards the…
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Indictment on the Gen. Sts. c. 168, § 8, for attempting to , commit larceny from the person; averring that the defendant on May 25,1870, at Milford, “ did attempt to steal, take and carry away from the person of Andrew Franklin, the money, goods and chattels of the said Franklin, then and there being in the possession and upon the person of the said Franklin, that being an offence prohibited by law, and in such attempt did then and there do a certain overt act towards the commission of said offence, to wit, did then and there, with intent then and there to commit the crime of larceny from the…
1Opinion of the CourtWells, J.
TMs Mdictment is for an attempt to commit the crime of larceny from the person. The statute pumshes such an attempt when the offender “ does any act towards the comnffssion of such offence,” but fails therein.
The offence attempted is sufficiently set forth, according to the decisions m Commonwealth v. McDonald, 5 Cush. 365, and Commonwealth v. Bonner, 97 Mass. 587. It was also held in McDonald's *171case, that neither allegation nor proof was necessary, that there was any property, capable of being stolen, in the pocket or upon the person of the one against whom the attempt was made.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
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