LARCENY

In criminal law. The wrongful and fraudulent taking and carrying away by one person of the mere personal goods of another from any place, with a felonious intent to convert them to his (the taker's) use, and make them his property, without the consent of the owner. State v. South, 28 N. J. Law, 31, 75 Am. Dec. 250; State v. Chambers, 22 W. Va. 786, 46 Am. Rep. 550; State v. Parry, 48 La. A.nn. 1483, 21 South. 30; Haywood v. State, 41 A.rk. 479; Phil am a lee v. State, 58 Neb. 320,' 78 N. W. 625; People v. Bosworth, 64 Hun, 72, 19 N. Y. Supp. 114; State v. Hawkins, 8 Port. {Ala.) 463, 33 Am. Dec. 294. The felonious taking and carrying away, of the personal goods of another. 4 BI. Comm. 229. The unlawful taking and carrying a way of things personal, with intent to deprive the right owner of the same. 4 Steph. Comm. 152. The felonious taking the property of another, without his consent and against his wm, with intent to convert it to the use of the taker. Hammon's Case, 2 Leach, 1089. The taking and removing, ·by ·trespa , of personal property which the trespa er knows to belong either generally or specially to an- -Other, with the intent to deprive such owner of his ownership therein; and, perhaps it should be added, for the sake of some advantage to the tre_spa er,-a proposition on Which the decisions are not harmonious. 2 Bish. Crim. Law, §§ 757, 758. Larceny is the taking of personal property, accomplished by fraud.or stealth, and with intent to deprive another thereof. Pen. Code Dak. § 580. Larceny is the felonious stealing, taking, car eying, leading, or driving away the personal property of another. Pen. Code ·cal. § 484. -Constructive larceny. (')ne where the felonious intent to appropriate the goods to his own use, at the time of the •asportation. hi [s. 703]