This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol10 Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Wills, Administration", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
Articles or things of no intrinsic value, such as bills, bonds and notes, are not the subjects of larceny at common law;38 but generally by statutory definition all such articles or things are the subject of larceny.
A railroad ticket which is not signed, stamped and dated according to the rules of the railroad company is not a thing of value, and hence not the subject of larceny.39
 
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