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Larceny - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Larceny is, in modern legal systems, universally treated as a crime, but the conception of it as a crime is not one belonging to the earliest stage of law. The maximum punishment for larceny is fourteen years' penal servitude, but this can only be inflicted in certain exceptional cases, such as horse or cattle stealing and larceny by a servant or a person in the service of the crown or the police. Larceny of a horse, mule, ass, bull, steer, cow or reindeer is punishable by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than fifteen years. www.1911encyclopedia.org /Larceny   (3034 words)

Larceny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Under the common law, larceny is the trespassory taking and asportation of the (tangible) personal property of another with the intent to deprive him or her of it permanently. Although the mens rea of larceny is the intent to steal, the focus is on the loss to the possessor, not the gain to the defendant. Grand larceny is often classified as a felony with the concomitant possibility of a harsher sentence. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larceny   (751 words)

Legal Definition of 'Larceny' LARCENY - Illegal taking and carrying away of personal property belonging to another with the purpose of depriving the owner of its possession. There must be an actual carrying away, but the slightest removal, if the goods are completely in the power of the thief, is sufficient; to snatch a diamond from a lady's ear, which is instantly dropped among the curls of her hair, is a sufficient asportation or carrying away. Larceny is divided in some states into grand and petit larceny depending upon the value of the property stolen. www.lectlaw.com /def/l007.htm   (405 words)

1998 Larceny Larceny is the unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession of another. Larceny is the most commonly reported Part I crime, accounting for 62% of the Part I crime total. Larcenies from Residences are non-burglary thefts from apartments, hallways, garages, and yards. www.ci.cambridge.ma.us /CPD/reports/1998/larceny.html   (2792 words)

larceny - HighBeam Encyclopedia larceny in law, the unlawful taking and carrying away of the property of another, with intent to deprive the owner of its use or to appropriate it to the use of the perpetrator or of someone else. It is usually distinguished from embezzlement and false pretenses in that the actual taking of the property is accomplished unlawfully and without the victim's consent (see robbery); along with the taking there must be a carrying-off. Grand larceny, usually a felony, is distinguished from petty larceny, usually a misdemeanor, by the value of the property stolen. www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-larceny.html   (360 words)

Embezzlement Lawyers - Larceny Attorneys Larceny: The common law definition of the crime of larceny includes the following elements: (1) The thief must take possession of the property (that is, secure control over the property) from another. Under common law larceny does not apply to real property or intangible personal property, such as checks, promissory notes, or other documents that are regarded as evidence of property rather than as property itself. The principal distinction between embezzlement and larceny is that in instances of embezzlement, the property is already in the embezzler's possession. www.law4usa.org /embezzlement_lawyers.htm   (1989 words)

1997 Larceny Larceny is the most common "Index" or "Part I" crime, accounting for just over 60 percent of the serious crime total. This accounts for five to 10 percent of the larceny from building total, but keep in mind that if the property is stolen while the diner is present, the theft is categorized as a Larceny from a Person. For the third consecutive year, larceny of bicycles declined in Cambridge; the five percent decline for 1997 follows a eight percent decline in 1996 and a 13 percent drop in 1995. www.ci.cambridge.ma.us /~CPD/reports/1997/larceny.html   (2307 words)

The Larceny Project -- Home page Larceny was originally created to serve as a test vehicle for research on garbage collection and compiler optimizations. Larceny is a research-quality implementation of Scheme that compiles directly to native machine code for the SPARC or Intel IA32 architectures. The Larceny project started in 1991 at the University of Oregon under the direction of William D Clinger; most of the original implementation was written during 1991 and 1992 by Lars T Hansen. www.ccs.neu.edu /home/will/Larceny   (296 words)

Property Crimes: Theft or Larceny, A Criminal Defense Attorney Lawyer for Denver and Colorado Larceny is distinguished from robbery, in that the latter involves the use of force or threats of injury against the person from whom the money or property is taken. Examples of larceny are the picking of another's pocket, the embezzlement of funds by a bank employee, the conversion to one's own use of personal property belonging to another, or obtaining property by fraud or false pretenses. Simple larceny was called grand larceny when the value of the stolen property was more than 12 pence, and petit (petty) larceny when the value was less. www.hmichaelsteinberg.com /larceny.htm   (337 words)

Theft Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Larceny is the wrongful taking and carrying away of personal property which is in the possession of another with the intent to convert it or permanently deprive the owner thereof. Since larceny is a specific intent crime, the law requires considering whether there's an intent to steal or a genuine intent to return something. The actus reus elements of embezzlement are the same as larceny except that the element of taking is relaxed and the element of breach of trust is added. faculty.ncwc.edu /toconnor/293/293lect11.htm   (2299 words)

Crimes Reported: Larceny Larceny is defined as the unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Larceny is the most frequently reported Index crime, accounting for 56 percent of offenses reported in 1998. The largest category of larceny involved theft of items left in a motor vehicle (27%). criminaljustice.state.ny.us /crimnet/ojsa/cja_98/sec1/larceny.htm   (144 words)

Burglary and Larceny "Larceny" is committed when any person steals, takes and carries away personal property of another person without his consent with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of his property. Grand Larceny is the unlawful and felonious stealing, taking and carrying away of the personal property of another person with the value of one thousand dollars or more, without the owner's consent, with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of his property. Petit Larceny is the unlawful stealing, taking and carrying away of the personal property of another person with the value of less than one thousand dollars without the owner's consent with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of his property. www.state.wv.us /WVSCA/jury/crim/burglary.htm   (3768 words)

Virginia Grand Larceny / Petit Larceny, Virginia Criminal Law, Virginia Criminal Lawyers and Attorneys - Bose Law Firm Larceny of an item with a value of $200 or more is considered grand larceny in Virginia while a value of less than $200 is considered petit larceny. Grand larceny also includes theft from the person of money or thing with a value of $5 or more or larceny of a firearm not from the person. Virginia Code §18.2-103 is the concealment statute which makes an offense grand larceny or petit larceny, depending upon the value of the goods, where there is willful concealment of goods or merchandise of any store. virginiacriminallawyers.vatrafficlaw.com /pages/larceny.html   (401 words)

Larceny Note #1: Petit Larceny Architecture Petit Larceny achieves reasonably good performance at the expense of some programmer convenience by compiling Scheme to C, which is then compiled to machine code by the local C compiler. Petit Larceny compiles Scheme code to native code by compiling Scheme code to C and then invoking the local C compiler to generate native code. Files private to Petit Larceny are extensions to the run-time system (millicode and syscalls), a primitive table for the compiler, and an assembler module that generates C and invokes the C compiler. www.ccs.neu.edu /home/lth/larceny/notes/note14-petit.html   (3171 words)

FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code In any prosecution for larceny based upon a false promise, the defendant`s intention or belief that the promise would not be performed may not be established by or inferred from the fact alone that such promise was not performed. Grand larceny in the fourth degree is a class E felony. In all other cases, an indictment, information or complaint for larceny is sufficient if it alleges that the defendant stole property of the nature or value required for the commission of the crime charged without designating the particular way or manner in which such property was stolen or the particular theory of larceny involved. caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /nycodes/c82/a34.html   (1423 words)

Larceny - AOL Music Larceny by Trick or Deception occurs when the victim of larceny is... LARCENY - Illegal taking and carrying away of personal property belonging to another with the purpose of... Larceny is a simple and efficient run-time system for Scheme, currently running on the SPARC architecture. music.aol.com /artist/larceny/183135/main   (113 words)

Crimes Reported: Larceny Nineteen hundred and ninety-nine marks the eleventh consecutive year of decreases in larceny. Larceny is the most frequently reported Index crime, accounting for 57 percent of offenses reported in 1999. The largest category of larceny involved theft of items left in a motor vehicle (24%). criminaljustice.state.ny.us /crimnet/ojsa/cja_99/sec1/larceny.htm   (144 words)

Pleading for theft consolidation in Virginia: Larceny, embezzlement, false pretenses and sec 19.2-284 Washington and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Part III traces the historical development of larceny and contends that 19.2-284 is consistent with Virginia's interpretation of common law larceny.l5 Part IV describes the origin and development of embezzlement. Throughout history, larceny, embezzlement, and false pretenses have converged several times.2' The element of possession inherent in common law larceny has often become so ambiguous that it threatens to blur the distinctions among the three crimes. The larceny statutes discuss only the grading of the offenses.25 Neither the grand larceny nor the petit larceny sections explain the elements of the actual offense;26 rather, courts have performed this task.2' In contrast, embezzlement28 and false pretenses29 are statutory in nature, and the statutes clearly define the elements of the crimes.30 www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3655/is_199901/ai_n8835387   (683 words)

Larceny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Larceny is a simple and efficient run-time system for Scheme, based on a relatively simple optimizing compiler named Twobit. Larceny was originally created to serve as a test vehicle for research on the performance impact of different programming styles--especially the cost of garbage collection--and on compiler optimizations. Larceny is a research-quality implementation of Scheme for the SPARC. community.schemewiki.org /?Larceny   (124 words)

S.C. Code of Laws Title 16 Chapter 13 Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats - ... The larceny of a bicycle is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the person must be punishable at the discretion of the court. If upon the trial of any person indicted for a misdemeanor under the provisions of Section 16-13-240 it shall be proved that he obtained the property in such a manner as to amount in law to larceny he shall not, by reason thereof, be entitled to be acquitted of such misdemeanor. (3) grand larceny and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, if the original dollar amount of the video or cassette tape lease or rental agreement is five thousand dollars or more. www.scstatehouse.net /code/t16c013.htm   (7571 words)

Criminal Law Capsule Summary - Chapter 26 Grand and petty larceny were felonies at common law, with grand larceny being punishable by death. possession of another person’s property, a person may be convicted of larceny of property he owns, e.g., if a landlord, who leases out furnished apartments, enters a tenant’s apartment and takes and carries away the furniture in violation of the lease agreement, he has taken the personal property "of another" for purposes of larceny law. However, virtually any movement of the property away from the point of caption is sufficient, e.g., larceny, rather than attempted larceny, occurs even if a shoplifter is caught with the merchant’s property in his possession inside the premises. www.lexisnexis.com /lawschool/study/outlines/html/crim/crim26.htm   (1503 words)

Praedial Larceny “The issue of praedial larceny is a vexing one for farmers and ranks as perhaps the greatest disincentive to diversification in Saint Lucia”. The first element of the strategy involves the enactment of stronger legislation to deal with praedial larceny and to regulate the sale of agricultural produce. The Minister told the SLAA members of the “need to create an awareness in the average St. Lucian of the pain and hardship that praedial larceny causes to our hard working farmers, and in so doing, cause a significant reduction in the market opportunities for these produce thieves”. www.slumaffe.org /Press_Release/Praedial_Larceny/praedial_larceny.html   (328 words)

Massachusetts Larceny Laws - MA Shoplifting Law - Mass Criminal Defense Lawyer Larceny might be the theft or any object, pick pocketing, purse snatching, or check larceny / cashing a check that didn't belong to you. Massachusetts penalties for larceny are divided into the categories of larceny over $250 in value, and larceny under $250. Larceny from a person is a misdemeanor charge in Massachusetts. www.masscriminaldefense.com /larceny.htm   (552 words)

Military Legal Defense for Larceny & Fraud - Military Lawyers - Attorneys Greg MacCormack & Associates We were able to secure dismissal of several specifications during the course of the trial and although the members found our client not guilty of the larceny offenses, he was convicted of negligent dereliction of duty, obstruction of justice, wrongful appropriation and false official statement to the CID agent. • Naval officer was charged with larceny of U.S. currency of a value of about $24,497.00, the property of the United States Treasury related to allegations of BAH fraud. After extended pre-trial negotiations, we secured a plea agreement where the majority of the charges were dismissed and our client was given protection as to imposition of a punitive dismissal or confinement if he submitted a resignation request. www.militarylawyers.org /larceny-fraud-cases.htm   (1778 words)

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