Whitt v. Commonwealth
Whitt v. Commonwealth
Opinion of the Court
Opinion oe the Court by
Although it might have been a robbery and not a larceny had the appellant and his confederates forced the mare alleged to have been stolen out of the immediate possession of her owner, especially under the intimidation, violence, and threatenings proven, yet as the mare during the disturbance had broken away from the person holding her and escaped to the commons where Whitt and his associates afterward captured her, we think a conviction for the larceny was entirely proper.
The taking, when it was really consummated, was not from the person or dwelling of the owner, nor by putting him or any one else in fear. Had the parties succeeded in their first attempt to
Wherefore, the judgment is affirmed, as we perceive no error in giving or refusing instructions.
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