This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol10 Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Wills, Administration", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
Larceny cannot be committed in taking wild animals in which there is no property; that is, which are owned by no one, such as deer, hares, conies, or other wild animals in the forest, chase or warren, or wild fowls in their natural liberty.40
A dog is not the subject of larceny at common law.41
 
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