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        "text": "Hughes, J.,\n(after stating the facts.) The indictment in this case charges only petit larceny, which is only a misdemeanor, the value of the money stolen being stated at less than ten dollars. Sand. So H. Dig., \u00a7 1699. It was therefore unnecessary to charge that the taking, etc., was feloniously done.\nIt is true that the definition of larceny, according to our statute, is as follows: \u201cLarceny is the felonious stealing, taking and carrying, riding or driving away, the personal property of another.\u201d Sand. So H. Dig., \u00a7 1694. Since the p-.ssage of this statute, a distinction has been made between grand and petit larceny. See act March 22, 1881 (p. 144). The word \u201csteal\u201d has a uniform signification, and in common as well as legal parlance means \u201cthe felonious taking \u2018and carrying away of the personal goods of another.\u201d State v. Chambers, 2 Green (Iowa), 311.\n\u201cTheft\u201d is a popular name for larceny. People v. Donahue, 84 N. Y. 442. See Skipwith v. State, 8 Texas App. 138,\nThe indictment charges that the defendant \u201cunlawfully did steal,\u201d etc. This is sufficient. The general description of the money charged to have been stolen is sufficient, under \u00a7 1717,-Sand. & H. Dig. (Act of 1893.)\nReversed, with directions to overrule the demurrer.",
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    "head_matter": "State v. Boyce.\nOpinion delivered February 26, 1898.\n1. Petit Larceny \u2014 Indictment.\u2014An indictment for petit larceny, a misdemeanor, need not allege that the stealing, taking, etc., was felonious. (Page 83.)\n2. Larceny \u2014 Description' op Money. \u2014 A general description of the money alleged to have been stolen is sufficient, under Sand. So H. Dig., $ 1717. (Page 84.)\nAppeal from Independence Circuit Court.\nRichard H. Powell, Judge.\nSTATEMENT BY THE COURT.\nAppellee was indicted at the spring term, 1896, of the Independence circuit court for petit larceny. The indictment, omitting the caption, reads as follows: \u201cThe grand jury of Independence county, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, accuse Joe Boyce of the crime of larceny, committed as follows, viz.: That the said Joe Boyce, on the first day of October, 1895, in the county and state aforesaid, then and there being, $3 in the gold and silver coin and paper currency of the United States of America and of the value of $3, and of the property of-'one Marshall Rogers, then and there being found, unlawfully did steal, take and carry away, against the peace and dignity of the State of Arkansas.\u201d\nAppellee filed a demurrer to said indictment, which demurrer, omitting the caption, reads as follows: \u201cNow comes the defendant, and demurs to the indictment herein, and for canse he says said indictment does not state facts sufficient to constitute an offense; therefore he prays judgment.\u201d\nThe court sustained the demurrer to said indictment, to which ruling of the court appellant excepted, and prayed an appeal to the supreme court, which appeal was granted by the attorney general after examining the transcript in said case\nE. B. Kinsworthy, Attorney General, for appellant.\nAs the indictment is for a misdemeanor, and the statute does not state that it must be \u201cfeloniously\u201d taken, it is not necessary to use the word \u201cfeloniously\u201d in the indictment. Sand. & H. Dig., \u00a7\u00a7 1717 and 1698. 18 Ark. 363; 60 Ark. 19; 49 Ark. 449; 47 Ark. 100; 43 Ark. 178; 22 Atl. 46; 17 R. I. 698; 156 U. S. 464; 8 How. 41; 2 McClain, Cr. Law, \u00a7 802. If the word \u201cfeloniously\u2019 had been used in the indictment, it would have been surplusage. 1 Bish. Cr. Law, \u00a7 810; 1 Bish. Cr. Pro. \u00a7 537; 90 N. C. 710; 82 N. C. 656; 88 N. C. 654; 1 Cal. 60; 17 Minn. 50; \u00cd13 Pa. St. 469; 1 Metcalf, 258."
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