CHESTER v. STATE

40994.

110 Ga. App. 733 (1964)

140 S.E.2d 52

CHESTER v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 30, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. B. Robertson, for plaintiff in error.

Jess H. Watson, Solicitor General, contra.


RUSSELL, Judge.

1. It must be alleged and proved in an indictment for burglary that there was a breaking and entering of one of the classes of buildings set out in the statute. Burglary, which was originally a crime against the habitation only, is still a crime restricted only to the types of buildings enumerated therein. Hutchins v. State, 3 Ga.App. 300, 301 (59 SE 848). Where the building is not a "dwelling mansion, or storehouse," it must either be alleged...

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