Hamesuckew

This term was formerly used in England instead of the modern term burglary; 4 Rla. Com. 223. See Hamsocken. But in Hale’s Pleas of the Crown it is said, “The common genus of offences that comes under the name of hamesucken is that which is usually called house-breaking; which sometimes comes under the common appellation of burglary, whether committed in the day or night to the intent to commit felony; so that house-breaking of this kind is of two natures.” 1 Hale, PI. Or. 647; Com. V. Hope, 22 Pick. (Mass.) 4.