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Washington Supreme Court· 6/27/1903

State v. Petit

Citations

  • 32 Wash. 129
  • 72 P. 1021
  • 1903 Wash. LEXIS 386

Syllabus

<p>BURGLARY-BUILDING ENTERED-ELAT CAB.</p> <p>A flat car loaded with freight, which was covered with a heavy canvas is not the character of structure contemplated by the term “railroad car,” so as to make the felonious taking of goods therefrom constitute the crime of burglary, under Bal. Code, § 7104, which defines the crime as the unlawful entry in the night time, or the unlawful breaking and entry in the day time of any house, office, store, railroad car, etc., or any building in which goods are kept.</p>

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  • holding that burglary statute did not apply to a railroad flat car, even though the relevant definition of “building” included “railroad car,” because a flat car was not of the same species as the common law’s dwelling house, viz., it was not enclosed to bar entry

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Judges: Dunbar

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