what types of property were subject to the common law crime of larceny
Larceny Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking of the personal property of another person or business. It is an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law (also Statutory law).
Civil procedure Some systems, including the English and French, allow governmental persons to bring a criminal prosecution against another person, prosecutions are nearly always started by the state, in order to punish the accused. Civil actions, on the other hand, are started by private individuals, companies or organizations, for their own benefit. In addition, governments (or their subdivisions or agencies) may also be parties to civil actions. The cases are usually in different courts, and juriescases. However this is distinguished from civil penal actions.