Morris v. State

An indictment was found by a grand jury of the Washington Circuit Court, against the plaintiff in error; the first count of which charges a burglary, and the second a larceny. He was tried and acquitted of the burglary, and found guilty of the larceny. On his motion, a new trial was granted, which terminated in a similar verdict..

It is now objected, that the second trial for the burglary was improper; and that although it was productive of no direct inconvenience to the plaintiff, it may have had an improper influence against him, on the charge of larceny. This objection is untenable.…