<P> The common law offence of larceny was codified by the Larceny Act 1916 . It was abolished on 1 January 1969, for all purposes not relating to offences committed before that date . It has been replaced by the broader offence of theft under section 1 (1) of the Theft Act 1968 . This offence did incorporate some of the terminology and substance of larceny . </P> <P> The common law offence of larceny was abolished on 1 August 1969, for all purposes not relating to offences committed before that date . It has been replaced by the broader offence of theft under section 1 (1) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 . </P> <P> Larceny laws in the United States have their roots in common law, pursuant to which larceny involves the trespassory taking (caption) and carrying away (asportation, removal) of the tangible personal property of another with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of its possession . Larceny is now codified as a statutory crime in all U.S. jurisdictions . Under many states' larceny statutes, including California, larceny can include the taking of "money, labor, or real or personal property ." </P> <P> Larceny is a crime against possession . Furthermore, it has two elements which must be met, the actual taking of the property, even if momentarily (actus reus) and the culpable intent to deprive another of their property (mens rea). Larceny involves the trespassory taking of property from possession of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of that property . To understand larceny, one must understand the distinction between custody and possession . A person has possession of property when he has actual physical control over the property (actual possession) or he has the right to exercise considerable control over the disposition or use of the property (constructive possession). A person has custody if he has actual physical control of the property but the person who has constructive possession has substantially restricted the custodian's right to use the property . Examples of custody would be a store customer examining the goods of a merchant, or an employee who has been given the property of his employer to be used in his employment . This is to be contrasted to, for example, a person who has obtained actual possession of the property by fraud . </P>

Is the trespassory taking and carrying away of personal property in the crime of larceny