State v. Pedigo

The defendants were jointly indicted for stealing a hog. The indictment was found November 5th, 1879, and charged the larceny as committed on the first day of that month. On trial had, the defendants were found guilty of grand larceny, and each sentenced to two *444years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Under the statute, as it formerly stood, (1 W. S. 456, § 25,) the stealing of a hog was grand larceny, irrespective of value. By the new statute, however, which went into effect on the day the hog is alleged to have been stolen, the stealing of a hog is not of itself, grand larceny. — R. S.…