Sec. 69.
An indictment for larceny may contain also a count for embezzlement, larceny by conversion, obtaining property by false pretenses or for receiving or having in possession, or aiding in concealing the same property, knowing it to have been stolen, and the jury may convict of any such offense; and the jury may find all or any of the persons indicted, guilty of any of the offenses charged in the indictment. The prosecuting attorney shall not be required to elect between the offenses so charged.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17283 ;-- Am. 1931, Act 309, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 767.69
Former Law: See section 20 of Act 77 of 1855, being CL 1857, § 6066; CL 1871, § 7936; How., § 9547; CL 1897, § 11932; and CL 1915, § 15759.
Last modified: October 10, 2016