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94 Mass. 182

Commonwealth v. Burke

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 15, 1866

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1866-01-15

<p>to indictment for stealing a wallet and certain bank bills from the person may be sustained without the introduction of testimony to prove that those articles were of any value.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2000

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Decided 1866-01-15

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Bigelow, C. J.

¶1The precise value of the property alleged to have been stolen in this case was immaterial, and need not be proved or found by the jury. The punishment of the offence charged on the prisoner —■ larceny from the person — and of which he was found guilty, did not depend on the value of the articles taken. The inspection of these articles by the jury, for the purpose of ascertaining that they were of some value, was competent; and if by such inspection they were satisfied that the articles were of value, they were authorized so to find.

¶2Exceptions overruled„

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