Mooney v. State

Deen, Judge.

1. On trial of the defendant for burglary, testimony of the owner that all doors and windows were locked when she left the house, and that as to the carport door the inside door was locked with a key and the screen door unlocked, but that when she returned the screen door was'locked and the inside door was standing open, plus proof that no authorized person had entered the house in the meantime, authorizes an inference of breaking under Code § 26-2401. There need be no physical violence done at the point of entry, and the breaking may consist of unlawfully unlocking a locked door.…