State v. Ramelsburg
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. This cause was submitted to the jury upon the following among other instructions: “ The distinction between grand and petit larceny lies in the value of the property stolen.
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Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. This cause was submitted to the jury upon the following among other instructions: “ The distinction between grand and petit larceny lies in the value of the property stolen. Petit larceny is the larceny of goods under the'value of ten dollars, and grand larceny is the larceny of property of the value of ten dollars and upwards ; but property stolen from a dwelling-house is the subject of grand larceny without regard to value, if of any value.” I. Larceny committed in a dwelling-house is grand larceny without regard to the value of the article stolen. The…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
The defendant was arraigned on an indictment for stealing in a dwelling-house. He was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary.
The question raised on the trial was, whether, if personal property of less value than ten dollars is stolen in a dwelling-house, the thief can be convicted under the thirty-second section of the third article of the act concerning crimes and their punishments, which provides that if any larceny be committed in a dwelling-house or in any boat or vessel, or by stealing from the person in the night time, the offender may be punished by imprisonment in the…
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