Supreme Court of Connecticut February 15, 1876 (State v. Ward)

Foster, J.

'Upon the trial of this case to the jury fK public prosecutor offered evidence to prove, and claime it did prove, that the defendant entered the house o± *493Gantz in the night season, through a window in the second story, about fifteen feet from the ground, which window was raised about six inches and supported in this position by an ;j oil-can, with an intent to steal the goods of