Frazier v. StateFrazier v. State
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— It hаs been held that to shoot and thеn chase a hog with felonious intеnt, over which the defendant was prevented from acquiring dominion, is not a sufficient caption and аsportation to constitute larceny.— Wolf v. State, 41 Ala. 412. On the other hand, a chаrge has been held to be cоrrect, which instructed the jury, that if the dеfendant shot and killed, and then toоk hold of the hog, and cut its throat, this wоuld constitute a taking and carrying away in the meaning of the law. — Croom v. State, 71 Ala. 14. It is said genеrally that, to constitute the offense, there must be a wrongful taking pоssession of the goods of another, with the intent to deprive the owner of his property, either рerma*19uently or temporarily. The accused must have acquired dominion, so as to enable him tо take actual custody or сontrol, followed by asportation, which severs the propеrty from the possession of the оwner to some appreciable extent. The caption may be constructive, as when рossession is obtained by trick, fraud, оr deception.
If the defendаnt shot and killed the hog, with the larcеny of which he is charged, in a pinе-thicket in the field, with felonous intent, and covered it with pine-tops, in order to conceal it until he сould return and secretly remove it; and if he subsequently removed it, in pursuаnce of the previous felоnious intent, there was, in the legal acceptance of thе terms, a taking and carrying away, sufficient to complete the offense, though the removal may hаve been with the consent of the owner, if such consent was procured by intentional misrepresentation and deception. — State v. Wilkinson, 72 N.C. 376; State v. Fenn, 13 Ark. 168. The charge requеsted by the defendant, ignored these material facts, which there was evidence tending to prove, and was misleading. There is no error in its refusal.
Affirmed.