Clarke v. Commonwealth

MONCURE, P.

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Court of Hustings of the city of Richmond, convicting the plaintiff in error, Philip Clarke, of burglary, and sentencing him therefor to confinement in the penitentiary for the term of five years. There were two counts in the indictment, in one of which the dwelling house is described as that of Joseph Dabney, and in the other as that of Danny Straus; and in each of them the accused was charged with having ^broken and entered the said house, not only with intent to commit a larceny therein, but also with having actually committed such…