Entry

In the law of burglary. An act, which in addition to breaking (q. y.) is essential to complete the offence of burglary. Any, the least degree of entry, with any part of the body, or with an instrument held in the hand, is sufficient for this purpose; as to step over the threshold, to put a hand or a hook in at a window to draw out goods, or a pistol to demand one's money, are all of them burglarious entries. 1 Hal. P. C. 656. 4 BL C(m. 227. So if the prisoner breaks open a shop window, and with his hand takes out goods, the offence is complete. Foster* s C. L. 107. Ru98. <t Ry. (7. C7. 499. Introducing the hand between the glass of an outer window and an inner shutter is sufficient entry to constitute burglary. Id. 341. See 4 Chitty's BL Com. 227, note. 1 RusseU on Crimes, 794 — 797. Wharton's Am. Crim. Law, 366. Lewis* U. S. Crim. Law, 131.