Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1883 — Guilty in Part. [ARTICLE]

Guilty in Part.

A man was indicted for burglary, and the evidence showed that hia. burglary consisted in cutting a hole through a tent in which several persons were sleeping, and then projecting his head and arms through the hole and abstracting various articles of value. It was claimed by his counsel that, inasmuch as he did not actually enter the tent with his whole body, he had not committed the offense charged. Judge .Kent, in to this plea, told the jury that, if they were not satisfied that the whole man was involved in that crime, they might bring in a verdict of guilty against so much of him as was thus involved. The jury, after a brief consultation, found the right arm, the right shoulder, and the head of the prisoner guilty of the offense of burglary. sentenced the right arm, the right shoulder, and head to imprisonment with hard labor in the State prison for two VeaVs. remarking that as to the rest of his body he might do with it what lie pleased. You cannot separate your manhood and. your clerkship! If one is guilty, the other must also bear the penalty. —-Successful Men of To-day. >