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66 Ala. 281

Ray v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 15, 1880

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1880-12-15

From the Circuit Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. W. B. Wood. The indictment in this case charged that the defendant, William Ray, “ with intent to steal, broke into and entered the store-house of William Warren,” in which dry goods were kept for use, deposit, and sale. Having pleaded not guilty, issue was joined on that plea.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently January 1893

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Relies on Brown v. State

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Decided 1880-12-15

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STONE, J.

¶1The Circuit Court rightly ruled, that the entry into the store-house, through the open window, did not constitute burglary. He erred, however, when he instructed the jury that, if the defendant was in the store-house, and opened the back door, by removing the bar, to let others, his confederates, into the store, whether the others entered or not, this would constitute burglary. This would not amount to a burglarious entrance by the defendant, for he entered without breaking. It was not a burglarious entrance by his confederates, of which offense he would be guilty with them, being present aiding and abetting, for thejr did not enter. — Clark’s Manual, § 883; Brown v. The State, 55 Ala. 123; 3 Greenl. Ev. § 76; 2 Russ, on Crimes, 9th ed., 2; 2 Bish. Or. Law, § 91. It may be he was guilty of larceny, and, possibly, of an attempt to commit burglary, in attempting to let his confederates in, by breaking the .door.

¶2Reversed and remanded. Let the prisoner remain in custody, until discharged by due course of law.

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