If any person shall unlawfully take and carry away any horse, gelding, mare, mule, or dog, the property of another person, secretly and against the will of the owner of such property, with intent to deprive the owner of the special or temporary use of the same, or with the intent to use such property for a special or temporary purpose, the person so offending shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-82
Taking horses, mules, or dogs for temporary purposes
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case United States v. Omar Vereen (2017)
Most recently applied in United States v. Omar Vereen (August 2017)
1879, c. 234, s. 1; Code, s. 1067; Rev., s. 3509; 1913, c. 11; C.S., s. 4261; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1989, c. 773, s. 3; 1994, Ex
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