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Wood v. State

Citations

  • 18 Fla. 967

Syllabus

<p>1. An indictment found under Section 12, sub-Chapter 4, Chapter 1637, Laws 1868, charging that the accused, in the night time, broke and entered, &c., with intent to steal property of the value of six dollars, is had, in that the breaking and entering was with intent of committing a misdemeanor and not a felony.</p> <p>2. Such indictment to be good should charge not only that the intent was to commit a felony, hut that the breaking and entry was into a “building, ship or vessel.” A corn crib is not necessarily either a “building, ship or vessel.”</p>

Judges: Yanvalicenburgh

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