McCreary v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Washington county. The defendants below were indicted for burglary, at May Term, 1857, committed in the dwelling-house of William Burton, and stealing therefrom property to the amount of $179. May 20, 1857, defendants were arraigned, and plead “not guilty.” Issue was joined, a jury impannelled, who, after hearing the evidence and charge of the court, retired to deliberate upon their verdict.
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Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Washington county. The defendants below were indicted for burglary, at May Term, 1857, committed in the dwelling-house of William Burton, and stealing therefrom property to the amount of $179. May 20, 1857, defendants were arraigned, and plead “not guilty.” Issue was joined, a jury impannelled, who, after hearing the evidence and charge of the court, retired to deliberate upon their verdict. After considerable absence they came into court and said they were unable to agree, and were discharged by the court. At August Term, 1857, the defendants were…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Armstrong, J.
William McCreary and William Donnelly, alias Connelly, were indicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Washington county, for burglary, committed in the dwelling-house of William Burton, and stealing therefrom his personal property, of considerable value.
On the 20th May, 1857, they were put on their trial, the evi*325denee heard, the case argued by counsel, and the jury, after receiving the charge of the court, retired to deliberate on their verdict. After some time they came into court, and said they were unable to agree, and they were…
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