from
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.