In all cases whatever when any goods or chattels or other property of which larceny may be committed shall have been feloniously taken or stolen by any person, every person knowing the same to have been stolen shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment although the principal felon be not previously convicted and whether he is amenable to justice or not; provided that, when the chattel or other property stolen shall be of less value than $1,000, the punishment shall not exceed imprisonment in the county jail for 30 days or a fine of not more than $500.
(1982 Code, Ch. 10, Art. V, § 5-6) Penalty, see § 130.999