If upon the trial of any person indicted for a misdemeanor under the provisions of Section 16-13-240 it shall be proved that he obtained the property in such a manner as to amount in law to larceny he shall not, by reason thereof, be entitled to be acquitted of such misdemeanor. No person tried for such misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for larceny upon the same facts.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-367; 1952 Code Section 16-367; 1942 Code Section 1171; 1932 Code Section 1171; Cr. C. '22 Section 64; Cr. C. '12 Section 220; Cr. C. '02 Section 168; G. S. 2499; R. S. 162; 1876 (26) 39; 1893 (21) 507; 1894 (21) 824.