§ 476. Making, passing, or uttering fictitious bills, etc. Every person who makes, passes, utters, or publishes, with intention to defraud any other person, or who, with the like intention, attempts to pass, utter, or publish, or who has in his possession, with like intent to utter, pass, or publish, any fictitious bill, note, or check, purporting to be the bill, note, or check, or other instrument in writing for the payment of money or property of some bank, corporation, copartnership, or individual, when, in fact, there is no such bank, corporation, copartnership, or individual in existence, knowing the bill, note, check, or instrument in writing to be fictitious, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one nor more than fourteen years. En. February 14, 1872. Cal. Rep. Cit. 90, 587; 90, 589; 105, 38; 105, 39; 105, 40; 109, 296; 109, 297; 109, 298; 114, 351; 114, 353; 119, 169; 133, 122; 133, 123; 133, 125; 133, 126; 133, 127; 135, 300; 135, 301; 137, 451; 137, 452; 137, 454. § 477. Counterfeiting, coin, bullion, etc. Every person who counterfeits any of the species of gold or silver coin current in this state, or any kind or species of gold dust, gold or silver bullion, or bars, lumps, pieces, or nuggets, or who sells, passes, or gives in payment such counterfeit coin, dust, bullion, bars, lumps, pieces, or nuggets, or permits, causes or procures the same to be sold, uttered, or passed, with intention to defraud any person, knowing the same to be counterfeited, is guilty of counterfeiting. En. February 14, 1872. 8 478. Punishment of counterfeiting. Counterfeiting is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one nor more than fourteen years. En. February 14, 1872. § 479. Possessing or receiving counterfeit coin, bullion, etc. Every person who has in his possession, or receives for any other person, any counterfeit gold or silver coin of the species current in this state, or any counterfeit gold dust, gold or silver bullion or bars, lumps, pieces, or nuggets, with the intention to sell, utter, put off, or pass the same, or permits, causes, or procures the same to be sold, uttered, or passed, with intention to defraud any person, knowing the same to be counterfeit, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than one nor more than fourteen years. En. February 14, 1872. § 480. Making or possessing counterfeit dies or plates. Every person who makes, or knowingly has in his possession any die, plate, or any apparatus, paper, metal, machine, or other thing whatever, made use of in counterfeiting coin current in this state, or in counterfeiting gold dust, gold or silver bars, bullion, lumps, pieces, or nuggets, or in counterfeiting bank notes or bills, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than one nor more than fourteen years; and all such dies, plates, apparatus, paper, metal, or machine, intended for the purpose aforesaid, must be destroyed. En. February 14, 1872. Cal. Rep. Cit. 80, 285; 80, 286; 80, 287. § 481. Counterfeiting railroad or steamship tickets. Every person who counterfeits, forges, or alters any ticket, check, order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass, issued by any railroad or steamship company, or by any lessee or manager thereof, designed to entitle the holder to ride in the cars or vessels of such conmpany, or who utters, publishes, or puts into circulation, any such counterfeit or altered ticket, check, or order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass, with intent to defraud any such railroad or steamship company, or any lessee thereof, or any other person, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, or in the county jail, not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. En. Stats. 1873-4, 433. Am'd. 1905, 675. The change consists in the insertion of the words "or steamship" after "railroad," and "or vessels'' after "cars."-Code Commissioner's Note. § 482. Restoring canceled railroad or steamship tickets. Every person who, for the purpose of restoring to its original appearance and nominal value in whole or in part, removes, conceals, fills up, or obliterates, the cuts, marks, punch-holes, or other evidence of cancellation, from any ticket, check, order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass, issued by any railroad or steamship company, or any lessee or manager thereof, canceled in whole or in part, with intent to dispose of by sale or gift, or to circulate the same, or with intent to defraud the railroad or steamship company, or lessee thereof, or any other person, or who, with like intent to defraud, offers for sale, or in payment of fare on the railroad or vessel of the company, such ticket, check, order, coupon, or pass, knowing the same to have been so restored, in whole or in part, is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. En. Stats. 1873-4, 433. Am'd. 1905, 675. The words "or steamship" are twice inserted after "railroad."-Code Commissioner's Note. 492. § 493. 494. 495. Punishment of grand larceny. Punishment of petit larceny. Larceny of written instruments. Value of passage tickets. Written instruments completed but not delivered. 496. Receiver of stolen property. 497. Larceny, and receiving stolen or embezzled property out of the state. 498. Stealing gas. 499. Stealing water. 499a. Stealing electricity a misdemeanor. 499b. Taking motor vehicle, bicycle, etc., temporarily a misdemeanor. 500. Larceny of goods saved from fire in San Francisco. 501. 502. Purchasing or receiving in pledge junk, etc. Applies sections 339, 342, and 343 to junk dealers. (Repealed.) 502. Removal of mortgaged property. § 484. "Larceny'' defined. Larceny is the felonious stealing, taking, carrying, leading, or driving away the personal property of another. En. February 14, 1872. Cal. Rep. Cit. 53, 59; 56, 80; 61, 135; 61, 528; 62, 141; 80, 51; 81, 137; 86, 239; 90, 572; 95, 228; 110, 601; 112, 339; 118, 26; 123, 524; 143, 129. Embezzlement: Secs. 503 et seq. Act to more fully define larceny: See post, Appendix, title Larceny. Act to punish stealing gold dust, amalgam, or quicksilver: See post, Appendix, title Larceny. § 485. Larceny of lost property. One who finds lost property, under circumstances which give him knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who ap propriates such property to his own use, or to the use of another person not entitled thereto, without first making reasonable and just efforts to find the owner and restore the property to him, is guilty of larceny. En. February 14, 1872. Cal. Rep. Cit. 81, 137; 95, 230; 95, 231. Lost and unclaimed property: See Pol. Code, secs. 31363157; Civ. Code, secs. 1864-1872. § 486. Grand and petit larceny. Larceny is divided into two degrees, the first of which is termed grand larceny; the second, petit larceny. En. February 14, 1872. Cal. Rep. Cit. 66, 185; 67, 351; 86, 240; 91, 27; 112, 339. § 487. Grand larceny defined. Grand larceny is larceny committed in either of the following cases: 1. When the property taken is of a value exceeding fifty dollars. 2. When the property is taken from the person of an other. 3. When the property taken is a bicycle, horse, mare, gelding, cow, steer, bull, calf, mule, jack, or jenny. En. February 14, 1872. Am'd. 1895, 36; 1901, 290. Cal. Rep. Cit. 49, 68; 56, 80; 59, 392; 61, 478; 65, 17; 66, 185; 67, 352; 80, 51; 100, 439; 112, 339; 114, 110; 116, 584; 120, 667; 140, 662; 144, 252. Subd. 2—139, 636, Subd. 3-62, 52; 62, 142; 90, 572. Larceny defined: See sec. 484. Stealing of gold dust, amalgam, quicksilver, etc., is grand larceny: See post, Appendix, title Larceny. § 488. Petit larceny. Larceny in other cases is petit larceny. En. February 14, 1872. Cal. Rep. Cit. 64, 404; 67, 352; 86, 240; 112, 339; 116, 584. Jurisdiction of police court: See Pol. Code, sec. 4426. § 489. Punishment of grand larceny. Grand larceny is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one nor more than ten years. En. February 14, 1872. Cal. Rep. Cit. 61, 135; 64, 252; 65, 299; 65, 300; 140, 662. § 490. Punishment of petit larceny. Petit larceny is punishable by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both. En. February 14, 1872. Cal. Rep. Cit. 64, 341; 66, 186; 73, 444; 109, 266. as § 491. Dogs property. Dogs are personal property, and their value is to be ascertained in the same manner the value of other property. En. February 14, 1872. Am'd. 1887, 131. Cal. Rep. Cit. 80, 549. Malicious injury to animal: Post, sec. 597. § 492. Larceny of written instruments. If the thing stolen consists of any evidence of debt, or other written instrument, the amount of money due thereupon, or secured to be paid thereby, and remaining unsatisfied, or which in any contingency might be collected thereon, or the value of the property the title to which is shown thereby, or the sum which might be recovered in the absence thereof, is the value of the thing stolen. En. February 14, 1872. Cal. Rep. Cit. 90, 573. § 493. Value of passage tickets. If the thing stolen is any ticket or other paper or writing entitling or purporting to entitle the holder or proprietor thereof to a passage upon any railroad or vessel or other public conveyance, the price at which tickets entitling a person to a like passage are usually sold by the proprietors of such conveyance is the value of such ticket, paper, or writing. En. February 14, 1872. § 494. Written instruments completed but not delivered. All the provisions of this chapter apply where the property taken is an instrument for the payment of money, evidence of debt, public security, or passage ticket, completed and ready to be issued or delivered, although the same has never been issued or delivered by the makers thereof to any person as a purchaser or owner. En. February 14, 1872. Embezzlement of evidence of debt: Post, sec. 510. § 495. Severing and removing part of the realty. The provisions of this chapter apply where the thing taken is Pen. Code-13 |