Burglary
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In criminal law. The breaking and entering the house of another in the night-time, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felony be actually committed or not.
38 Inst. 63; 1 Hale, P. C. 549; 1 Hawk. P. C. c. 88, § 1.
Burglary is the breaking and entering the dwelling-bouse of another, in the night-time, with intent to commitafelony.
29 Ind. 80; 1 N. J. Law, 441; 9 Ired. 463; 1 Dev. 253; 7 Mass. 247.
Por example: “Every person who enters any house, room, apartment, tenement, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stable, outhouse, or other building, tent, vessel, or railroad car, with intent to commit grand or petit larceny, or any felony, is guilty of burglary.”
Pen. Code Cal, § 459,