Webster v. State

The indictment in this case charges appellant with a burglarious entry into a certain storehouse, “ with intent then and there, and thereby, fraudulently, feloniously, and burglariously, to take, steal,-and carry away the personal goods, chattels, and property of the said Jacob Franks in the said storehouse then and there being; contrary to the statute and against the peace and dignity of the State.”

This does not sufficiently, charge the offence of burglary. The particular felony or theft intended to be committed must be described with all its statutory ingredients, and the general term, “ to…