113 Ala. 36 | Ala. | 1896
The defendants were convicted of larceny from the person, which by statute is made a felony. The case was appealed to revise the ruling of the court, in refusing an instruction requested by the defendants. The proposition of law asserted in the charge is, that there can be no larceny from the person, “unless the property is forcibly or secretly taken from the person.” Neither force nor secrecy are necessary elements of larceny. Every robbery of the person in-
The indictment was properly framed to meet the facts of the case, and we find no error in the record.
Affirmed.