Case Name: Rex v. Humphrey
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1774-03
Citations: 1 Root 63
Docket Number: 
Parties: Rex v. Humphrey.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 63–63

Head Matter:
NEW LONDON COUNTY,
MARCH, A. D. 1774.
Rex v. Humphrey.
A burglary may bo committed on the cabin of a vessel.
IkfoRmatioh for a burglary committed upon, the cabin of a vessel lying in the harbor of Hew London, and stealing from thence some coffee, etc.

Opinion:
Plea in abatement — That a cabin of a vessel is not a house or shop, within the meaning of the statute.— Judgment — Plea in abatement is insufficient.