Legal Opinion
State v. Nales
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided November 13, 1968No. File 17173PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmentano, J.
The defendant, in the first count of the information, is charged with the crime of possession of burglars’ tools in the night, in that on or about April 19, 1968, at Weston, he unlawfully had in his possession certain instruments of housebreaking, to wit, a pry bar, pipe wrench and steel punch, in violation of § 53-71 of the General Statutes. Section 53-71 states: “Any person who ... , in the night, has in his possession, without lawful excuse, the proof of which excuse shall be upon him, any key, picklock, jimmy, jack or bit or other instrument of house-breaking . . . shall be imprisoned not…
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