| DEFINITION |
Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
due thereon, 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, shall be the value
of the property stolen.
of the United States, takes and carries away, with intent to steal
or purloin, any personal property of another, shall be punished as
follows: If the property taken is of a value exceeding $1000, or is
taken from the person of another, by a fine of not more than $5,000,
or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both; in all other
cases by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment not
more than one year, or both. If the property stolen consists of any
evidence of debt, or other written instrument, the amount of money
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