Case Name: Jackson T. Wine v. The State of Ohio
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1874-12
Citations: 25 Ohio St. 69
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jackson T. Wine v. The State of Ohio.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 25
Pages: 69–69

Head Matter:
Jackson T. Wine v. The State of Ohio.
Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Muskingum county.
M. M. Granger and A7. H. Southard, for plaintiff in error.
A. J. Andrews, prosecuting attorney, and W. H. Ball, for the State.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Under the 14th section of the crimes act, as amended February 10, 1872, which provides, "If any person shall in the night willfully, maliciously, and forcibly break and enter into any . . barn . . with intent to steal," etc., the crime of burglary was not committed,where a person, without either an actual or constructive breaking, entered a barn with intent to steal and afterward " broke out of the barn in making his exit therefrom." The unlawful breaking must precede the entry.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded.