Pitcher v. People
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee Circuit. The information in this case charged Pitcher with burglariously entering a certain dwelling house, with intent to steal, etc. The proof tended to show that the building entered was the complainant’s barn, and that the same constituted one of the outbuildings belonging to the dwelling, and that Pitcher stole certain wool therefrom.
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Error to Lenawee Circuit. The information in this case charged Pitcher with burglariously entering a certain dwelling house, with intent to steal, etc. The proof tended to show that the building entered was the complainant’s barn, and that the same constituted one of the outbuildings belonging to the dwelling, and that Pitcher stole certain wool therefrom. It further appeared that, after conviction, Pitcher made full satisfaction to complainant for the value of the wool, and that he then claimed that under the statute providing for satisfaction made in- cases of simple larceny, that he could…
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley J.
The information charges that one Samuel Reed, on the 5th day of July, 1865, in the night time, feloniously and burglariously broke and entered the dwelling house of William Moore, in the township of Adrian, with intent the goods and chattels of said William Moore in said dwelling house to steal, take and carry away, and then and there thirty - nine fleeces of wool, of the goods and chattels of said William Moore did steal, take and carry away, and that sgid John Pitcher the said thirty-nine fleeces of wool did receive and have, and aid in concealing, well knowing the same to have…
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