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49 S.C.L. 31

State v. Evans

Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Decided December 15, 1867

Court of Appeals of South Carolina · decided 1867-12-15

BEFOBE T. B. LOGAN, ESQUIBE, DISTBICT JUDGE, WILLIAMSBUBG, 1867. The report of the District Judge is as follows: “ This was an indictment for stealing a ten dollar bill. Peter McLain, the prosecutor, swore that the defendant confessed to him that he had stolen the money; and defendant’s father gave him a ten dollar bill in place of the one which his son had stolen.

Decided 1867-12-15

¶1The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Wardlaw, A. J.

¶2The Act of 1866 ' concerning the Criminal Law, (13 Stat. 407, § 14,) in enumerating the subjects of petty larceny, includes “ any article of goods, choses in action, bank bills, bills receivable, chattels, or any article of personalty” — below the value of twenty *33dollars: the indictment bere charges that the defendant stole of the proper goods and chattels of the prosecutor, “a ten dollar bill of the currency of the country, commonly called paper money, of the value of ten dollars.” This seems to be a sufficient specification of the article stolen according to the precedents approved in the State vs. Smart, 4 Rich. 363; and the evidence that the bill “ was greenback and good money” is sufficient proof of value.

¶3The motion is dismissed.

DunkiN, 0. J., and Inglis, A. J., concurred.

¶4Motion dismissed.

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