State v. Hume

A jury found this respondent guilty of breaking and entering and larceny, under an indictment alleging his entry into:

“the office of the Maine Central Railroad Station, * * * of one Maine Central Railroad Company,”

and the stealing, therefrom, of certain metallic and paper currency:

“the property of said Maine Central Railroad Company.”

There was no allegation that the owner of the premises and property named was a corporation, or was incorporated. After verdict, and before judgment, the respondent filed a motion in arrest, alleging the indictment defective, or insufficient in law, because of…