Stealing

This term imports, ex vi termini, nearly the same as larceny (2 G. Greene [Iowa] 311) but in common parlance it does not always import a felony; as, for example, you stole an acre of my land. In slander cases, it seems that the term "stealing" takes its complexion from the subject matter to which it is applied, and will be considered as intended of a felonious stealing, if a felony could have been committed of such subject matter. Starkie, Sland. & L. 80; 12 Johns. (N. Y.) 239; 3 Bin. (Pa.) 546.

This term imports, ex vi termini, nearly the same as larceny; but in common parlance it does not always import a felony. People v. Robertson, 3 Wheel. Cr. Cas. (N. Y.) 183. In slander cases, it seems that the term stealing takes its complexion from the subject-matter to which it is applied, and will be considered as intended of a felonious stealing, if a felony could have been committed of such subject-matter; Dexter v. Taber, 12 Johns. (N. Y.) 239; Wallis v. Mease, 3 Binn. ( Pa.) 546. The word steal is held synonymous with theft. Carr v. State, 9 Tex. App. 463. See Young v. State, 12 Tex. App. 614. L. R. 7 Q. B. 569. See Western Ins. Co. v. Cropper, 32 Pa. 352, 75 Am. Dec' 561. The owner of a steamboat is not an innkeeper so as to be liable for personal property stolen from a passenger. Clark v. Burns, 118 Mass. 275, 19 Am. Rep. 456. Undertaking to carry a passenger in the steerage of a steamship from one ocean port to another includes the furnishing of such passenger with a berth, unless it was understood beforehand that he was to make the voyage without it; The Oriflamme, 3 Sawy. 397, Fed. Cas. No. 10,572; and see Patterson v. Steamship Co., 140 N. C. 412, 53 S. E. 224, 5 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1012, 111 Am. St Rep. 848. See Common* Carrier; Sleeping-Car; Ship; Vessel.

This term imports, ex vi termini, nearly the same as larceny; but in common parlance, it does not always import a felony, as, for example, you stole an acre of my land. In slander cases, it seems that the term stealing takes its complexion from the subject-matter to which it is applied, and will be considered as intended of a felonious stealing, if a felony could have been committed of such subject-matter. Stark. on Slan. 80; 12 Johns. R. 239; 3 Binn. R. 546; Whart. Dig. vol. i. tit. Slander, pl. 30, 31.