Chap. 27,—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4440 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended, relating to grand and petit larceny. [S B 19]

Approved February 19, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section forty-four hundred forty of the Code of Virginia,
as amended, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 4440. Grand and petit larceny defined; how punished;
larceny of horse, mule, ass, poultry, cow, steer, bull, calf, sheep, lamb, —
hog or goat; how punished.—lf any person steal from the person of an-
other money or other thing of the value of five dollars or more he shall
be deemed guilty of grand larceny and be confined in the penitentiary
not less than one nor more than ten years. If any person commit simple
larceny not from the person of another of goods and chattels he shall if
they are of the value of fifty dollars or more be deemed guilty of grand
larceny and be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more
than ten years, or, in the discretion of the court or jury trying the case,
confined in jail not exceeding twelve months, and fined not exceeding
five hundred dollars; and if they be of less value than five dollars in the
first case or fifty dollars in the last he shall be guilty of petit larceny and
shall be punished by confinement in jail not less than ten days nor more
than twelve months or by fine not less than five nor more than one hun-
dred dollars, or both. But any person who shall be guilty of the larceny
of a horse, mule, or ass shall be punished by confinement in the peni-
tentiary not less than three nor more than eighteen years; and any per-
son who shall be guilty of the larceny of any poultry of the value of five
dollars or more or of a cow, steer, bull, calf, sheep, lamb, hog, or goat,
shall in the discretion of the jury or court trying the case without a jury
be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years
or be confined in jail not exceeding twelve months and fined not exceed-
ing five hundred dollars.