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· 7/1/1870

People v. Townsley

Citations

  • 39 Cal. 405

Syllabus

<p>Laboeny. —Itis competent for the Legislature to declare that the larceny of specific property designated shall be deemed grand larceny, without regard to the value of the property.</p> <p>Indicdient under Statute of March 28, 1868.—Under the Statute of March. 28,1868, providing that feloniously stealing and tailing away of any horse, mare, or gelding, etc., shall be deemed grand larceny, itis not necessary to state in the indictment the value of the animal alleged to have been stolen.</p>

Judges: Rhodes

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