ELLETT, Justice:
The defendant appeals from a conviction of grand larceny and requests this court to remand for the statutory sentence for petit larceny.
The evidence shows that the complaining witness was drinking beer in a tavern and had placed her purse on the bar about one or one and a half feet from her. The defendant walked past her, grabbed the purse, and ran. He was charged under the provisions of Section 76-38-4, U.C.A. 1953, which reads:
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