Terral v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the essence of the crime of larceny from the person \is that the person of another has been violated and\ the person's privacy directly invaded
• \Larceny from the person was first recognized as a crime distinct from simple larceny by the Statute of 8 Elizabeth in the 16th century.\
• \Larceny from the person was first recognized as a crime distinct from simple larceny by the Statute of 8 Elizabeth in the 16th century.\
• \Larceny from the person was first recognized as a crime distinct from simple larceny by the Statute of 8 Elizabeth in the 16th century.\
• in the sixteenth century English law, larceny from the person required more than mere theft from the presence of a person; \the statutory words `from the person' mean precisely that\
• in the sixteenth century English law, larceny from the person required more than mere theft from the presence of a person; “the statutory words ‘from the person’ mean precisely that”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).