carrying away

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carrying away - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CARRYING AWAY, crim. law. To complete the crime of larceny, the thief must 
  not only feloniously tale the thing stolen, but carry it away. The slightest 
  
  carrying away will be sufficient; thus to snatch a diamond from a lady's 
  ear, which is instantly dropped among the curls of her hair. 1 Leach, 320. 
  To remove sheets from a bed and carry them into an adjoining room. 1 Leach, 
  222 n. To take plate from a trunk, and lay it on the floor with intent to 
  carry it away. Ib. And to remove a package from one part of a wagon to 
  another, with a view to steal it; 1 Leach, 286; have respectively been 
  holden to be felonies. 2 Chit. Cr. Law, 919. Vide 3 Inst. 108, 109 1 Hale, 
  507; Kel. 31 Ry. & Moody, 14 Bac. Ab. Felony, D 4 Bl. Com. 231 Hawk. c.32, 
  s. 25. Where, however, there has not been a complete severance of the 
  possession, it is not a complete carrying away. 2 East, P. C. 556; 1 Hale, 
  508; 2 Russ. on Cr. 96. Vide Invito Domino; Larceny; Robbery; Taking.