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Shannon now came to the vital transaction of October 9th, when Cowperwood called on Stener and secured the check for sixty thousand dollars from Albert Stires. It was plain larceny, stealing, and Cowperwood knew it when he asked Stires for the check. Think of the colossal nerve of the man the Machiavellian subtlety of his brain. He knew he was going to fail.
The first of these cases had gone to the Court of Appeals, and the general doctrine had been annunciated that where a person parts with his money for an unlawful or dishonest purpose, even though he is tricked into so doing by false pretences, a prosecution for the crime of larceny cannot be maintained.
For serious offenses committed by either officer or private in time of peace, such as sodomy, crimes against nature, adultery, seduction, larceny, embezzlement or any other felony, the accused was sent to the district court for trial and on conviction was dismissed the service and committed to prison for the term of years provided by the law for the crime he had been convicted of and five years additional for perjury, he having violated his oath of office that he would be honest and upright in all things so help him God, and any officer could be reduced to the ranks for conduct unbecoming a gentleman as the result of a trial before a jury of twelve men drawn by ballot from any other command than his own.
It would have seemed to partake of the nature of grand larceny from Providence. When the two reached the up-town residence of Viola Longstreet, Viola gave a little scream at the sight of the case. "My dear Jane Carew, here you are with Margaret carrying that jewel-case out in plain sight. How dare you do such a thing? I really wonder you have not been held up a dozen times."
As to the crimes, seems very obscure and uncertain. It extended to no case where the judgment was not of life or limb. This, therefore, excluded it in trespass, petty larceny, or killing se defendendo. In high treason against the person of the King, it seems not to have been allowed.
I think the adventures and expedients of these public servants worthy of a column. It would be out of all proportion to pass them by when we devote a dozen lines to every petty larceny and shoplifting. On the Friday night of the murder the departments were absolutely paralyzed.
I'll referee both contests and at the conclusion of the mixup we'll leave these two murderers marooned on the island and then " "Rats," snapped Captain Scraggs. "That ain't no business at all. You shouldn't consider nothin' short of capital punishment. Why, that's only a petty larceny form of " "Quit buttin' in on my prerogatives," roared McGuffey. "That ain't the finish by no means."
She then called her husband and myself to the adjoining room, and quickly turning to him, said very excitedly: "See here, John. This man knows me, and knows that I committed larceny, and grand larceny at that, and was going to have me arres " "Larceny, did you say?" he interrupted, "what in have you been stealin'?"
Robbery* or larceny of bonds, bills obligatory, bills of exchange, or promissory notes for the payment of money or tobacco, lottery tickets, paper bills issued in the nature of money, or of certificates of loan on the credit of this Commonwealth, or of all or any of the United States of America, or Inspectors' notes for tobacco, shall be punished in the same manner as robbery,or larceny of the money or tobacco due on or represented by such papers.* 2 G. 2. c. 25 §3; 7 G 3. c. 50.
Wentworth for larceny, and procuring the assistance of two policemen, he started for the old negro's cabin, determined to prosecute the thief to the utmost extent of his power and the law. Having informed our readers of his conduct on discovering that his money had been stolen, we will continue from where we left off at the close of the last chapter. Mrs. Wentworth on perceiving Mr.
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