The taking of personal property of the kind defined in Section 1717 of this title, accomplished by fraud or stealth, and with the intent to deprive another thereof, is hereby defined as larceny and punishable in the same manner and to the same degree as in larceny of other descriptions of personal property.
R.L.1910, § 2669; Laws 1971, c. 123, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 1971.