Supreme Court of Vermont November 15, 1869 (State v. Potter)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Steele, J.

I. The respondents are husband and wife. They are charged in the indictment with knowingly having in their possession certain burglarious implements, with intent to use them feloniously. Whatever possession the wife had while her husband was with her was prima facie innocent, as under the coercion of her husband.