Commonwealth v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The prisoner, James Brown, was found guilty of burglary, at a court of Oyer and Terminer, held by the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Ross, on the 27th November, 1830. His counsel moved for a new trial, and in arrest of judgment.
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The prisoner, James Brown, was found guilty of burglary, at a court of Oyer and Terminer, held by the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Ross, on the 27th November, 1830. His counsel moved for a new trial, and in arrest of judgment. “ 1st. Because the verdict was against and without sufficient evidence in this; that the only evidence against the prisoner, of breaking and entering in the night time, was his own confession, which was obtained from him by the constable, by holding out to him the hope of impunity. “ 2d. Because the verdict was against law in this; that the house of the prosecutor was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
As regards the point involved in the motion for a new trial, there is little doubt of the law at the period material tothe question. . “ It is agreed by all,” says Sergeant Hawkins, “ that a house wherein a-man dwells but for a part of the year; or a house which one has hired to live in, and brought part of his goods into it, but has not yet lodged in, may be called his dwelling house, and will sufficiently satisfy the words domus mansionalis in the indictment, whether any person were actually therein or not at the time of the offence.”…
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