Case Name: United States v. William Read
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1820-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 198
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. William Read.
Judges: (Morsell, J., doubting,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 198–198

Head Matter:
United States v. William Read.
Upon, an indictment for feloniously breaking the storehouse of Cook & Clare, and taking therefrom goods of the value of more than four dollars, contrary to the Act of Virginia of the 26th of December, 1792, § 2, which takes away the benefit of clergy, the jury may find the prisoner guilty of simple larceny.
Indictment for feloniously breaking the storehouse of Cook & Clare, and taking therefrom goods of the value of more than four dollars.
The jury having inquired whether they might find the prisoner guilty of simple larceny upon this indictment,

Opinion:
The Court
(Morsell, J., doubting,)
informed them that they might.
The jury accordingly found the defendant guilty of stealing the goods, but not of breaking the storehouse.