Grand larceny
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In criminal law. In England, simple larceny, was originnily divided into two sorts, —grand larceny, where the value of the goods stolen was abave twelve pence, and petit larceny, where their value was equal to or below that sum.
4 Bl. Comm. 229.
The distinction was abolished in England by St. 7 & 8 Geo. IV. c. 29, and is not generally recognized in the United States, although in a few states there is a statutory offense of grand larceny, one essential element of which is the value of the goods stolen, which value varies from $7 in Vermont to $50 in California.
See State v. Bean, 74 Vt 111, 52 Atl. 269; Fallon v. People, 2 Keyes (N. Y.) 147; People v. Murray, 8 Cal. 520; State v. Kennedy, 88 Mo. 343.