State v. Jordan
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for an attempt io- commit burglary, tried before Moore, J., at December (Special) Term, 1875, of Halifax Superior Court.' The bill of indictment charges that the defendant “ did attempt to commit an offence prohibited by law, to wit: did feloniously, burglariously, maliciously and secretly attempt to break and enter the dwelling house of one Spier Whitaker, there situate, in the night time of the day aforesaid,, by being then and there in the porch of said…
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INDICTMENT for an attempt io- commit burglary, tried before Moore, J., at December (Special) Term, 1875, of Halifax Superior Court.' The bill of indictment charges that the defendant “ did attempt to commit an offence prohibited by law, to wit: did feloniously, burglariously, maliciously and secretly attempt to break and enter the dwelling house of one Spier Whitaker, there situate, in the night time of the day aforesaid,, by being then and there in the porch of said dwelling house, and by then and there endeavoring feloniously, burgla-riously, maliciously and secretly, to break open the door…
1Opinion of the CourtReads, J.
Whenever there is a criminal intent to commit a felony — as in this case burglary — and some act is done amounting to an attempt to accomplish the purpose without doing it, the perpetrator is indictable as for a misdemeanor. Wharton’s Criminal Law, sec. 2,696. The King v. Higgins, 2 East. R. 4, is a very full and satisfactory authority.
It was error to quash the indictment. This will be certified.
Per Curiam. Judgment reversed.
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