87 Miss. 493
Decided November 15, 1905
Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1905-11-15
From the circuit court of Harrison county. TIon. William T. McDonald, Judge. Francis, the appellant, was indicted and tried for and convicted of grand larceny, and appealed to the supreme court. The indictment charges that he took and carried away, feloniously, jewelry, the property of another, of the value of four hundred and thirty-two dollars.
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 1929
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Decided 1905-11-15
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¶1delivered the opinion of the court.
¶2In view of the rule that, to sustain a charge of grand larceny, the evidence must show, beyond reasonable doubt, that the property was of the value necessary to constitute that offense, this case must be reversed and a- new trial awarded. So ordered.
¶3Reversed.