Hunter v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Frederick B. Hunter was indicted for burglary in the Circuit court of Bee county, jointly with Thomas Hardy. There was also a count in the indictment charging Hunter with counselling, hiring and procuring the *said Hardy to commit the offence. The indictment charged the offence to have been committed on the night of the 23d of October 1848, by breaking and entering the house of Nancy Rogers, and taking therefrom some 1400 dollars in money, besides other things.
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Frederick B. Hunter was indicted for burglary in the Circuit court of Bee county, jointly with Thomas Hardy. There was also a count in the indictment charging Hunter with counselling, hiring and procuring the *said Hardy to commit the offence. The indictment charged the offence to have been committed on the night of the 23d of October 1848, by breaking and entering the house of Nancy Rogers, and taking therefrom some 1400 dollars in money, besides other things. It seems that Hardy was first tried, and that he was convicted. On the trial of the prisoner, the proofs were, that the entry into…
1Opinion of the Court
Frederick B. Hunter was indicted for burglary in the Circuit court of Lee county, jointly with Thomas Hardy. There was also a count in the indictment charging Hunter with counselling, hiring and procuring the said Hardy to commit the offence. The indictment charged the offence to have been committed on the night of the 23d of October 1848, by breaking and entering the house of Nancy Rogers, and taking therefrom some 1400 dollars in money, besides other things. It seems that Hardy was first tried, and that he was convicted.
On the trial of the prisoner, the proofs were, that the entry into the…
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