Opinion · Supreme Court of North Carolina
State v. Holder
State v. Holder, 81 N.C. 527 (N.C. 1879)
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- Supreme Court of North Carolina
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- North Carolina
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- 1879-06-15
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Ashe, J. The defendant was indicted for stealing a dog. It is no offence at common law. 4 Bl. Com., 236; Arch. Cr.
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STATEv. HOLDER,81 N.C. 527(1879)
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Dogs — Larceny.
Dogs are not the subject of larceny in this State.
LARCENY, tried at Spring Term, 1879, of DAVIDSON, beforeSchenck, J.
The indictment charged the defendant, Stephen Holder,aliasStephen Phillips, with stealing "one dog of the value of one dollar," the property of one T. T. Spaugh. The defendant's counsel moved to quash the indictment on the ground that it did not charge an indictable offense. The motion was allowed, and Dobson, Solicitor for the State, appealed. (SeeS. v. House,65 N.C. 315; Latham, 13 Ired., 33.)
Attorney-Generalfor the State. (528)
No counsel in this Court for the defendant.
ASHE, J.
The defendant was indicted for stealing a dog. It is no offense at common law. 4 Bl. Com., 236; Arch. Cr. Pl., 175; 1 Hale P. C., 512. The common law is the law of this State, except where altered by statute; and we have no statute making it larceny to steal a dog; therefore, the indictment can not be sustained.
Affirmed.Cited: Mowery v. Salisbury,82 N.C. 177.