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In 1828 Elizabeth Smith's George was acquitted of larceny from the house; and next year Caroline was likewise acquitted on a charge of maiming a white person. Finally, in 1832 Martin, upon pleading guilty to a charge of murderous assault, was given a whipping sentence of the customary thirty-nine lashes on three successive days. MS. in the court house at Milledgeville.
His brain was a storehouse of fearful and ferocious happenings; it was a catalogue, an inventory of disease, seduction, theft, robbery, larceny, assassination, murder, catastrophe, pest, incest, suicide, duel, bankruptcy, and the never failing family quarrel.
The necessity of discipline on the one hand, and of occupation on the other, induced me one day to enter a saddler's shop, situated in a straight street about half a mile from our house, and buy a whip. Shortly after my return home he committed some act of petty larceny, so I gave him a beating with the whip he had carried home.
If a man were absolutely destitute and took to theft as the only means of warding off starvation for himself or his family, the whole force of law at once descended heavily upon him. In New York State the law decreed it grand larceny to steal to the value of $25, and in other States the statutes were equally severe.
'Was your trouble something about the' I was going to say the ladies, but that seemed too mawkish, and I boldly outed with 'women? 'Oh no, he said, meekly; 'it was just cloth, a piece of cloth, 'Breaking and entering? I led on. 'Well, not exactly, but it came to grand larceny, and I might have fancied a touch of mounting self-respect in his confession of a considerable offence.
The Hopper had no intention of permitting this monstrous larceny to be committed in contravention of his own rights in the premises, and he was considering the best method of wresting the vase from the hands of the insolent Wilton when events began to multiply with startling rapidity. The panel swung open and the thief's lamp flashed upon shelves of pottery.
Technically I'm guilty of breach of contract and larceny of corporation property, but there are extenuating circumstances." Alexander chuckled mirthlessly. "There are a few other charges. And quite probably I can think of more if you beat these. I'm going to make an example of you, Kennon. I'm going to drag you down and stamp on you.
Gwinnett yelled at Walters, as soon as he saw him. "For God's sake, Carl," the woman begged. "Don't make things any worse than they are. Keep quiet!" "All right, Gwinnett," McKenna said. "We're arresting you: receiving stolen goods, and accessory to larceny. We have a search warrant. Want to see it?" "So you have a search warrant," Gwinnett said.
Rebellion, even in a bad cause, may have its romantic side; treason, which had not been such but for being on the losing side, may challenge admiration; but nothing can sweeten larceny or disinfect perjury.
By this time she was trembling with fear, and said she would pay me in full if I would agree never to mention her name in connection with that larceny affair. I assured her that all I wanted was my pay, and I would never molest her again. She then returned to the store and paid me the cash. I had just given her a receipt in full when her husband made his appearance and asked what she was doing.
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