Delk v. State

Citations

• 64 Miss. 77

Syllabus

<p>1. Laboeny. Lucri causa. Intent in asportation.</p> <p>To constitute an element of larceny it is not necessary that the taking be lucri causa, but need only be fraudulent. Warden v. The State, 60 Miss. 638, and Hamilton v. The State, 35 Miss. 214, cited.</p> <p>2. Same. Asportation. Case in judgment.</p> <p>D. went secretly to the stable of another, led therefrom a jack belonging to the latter, and, when fifteen or twenty feet from the door of the stable, killed the jack and left it lying on the owner’s premises. Held, that if such removal was felonious, there was a sufficient asportation to constitute an element of larceny.</p>