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ex~ited by it in others, alld to the cOllsEq~icllces \\-Jl;(h
lnay attend future atttlnpts of rh~ f·amc l(inll. rl'hu3
in affixing the puuishnh·nt of burglary, or (J bf(··:~k~
ing into dwelling.houses by night~ we are to c()J1"ider
llot OI!ly th~ peril to \\~hich ttie mo~ .. t vi11uable prf)})erty
is exposed by thi~, crime, and whirf, n~ay be called
the direct mischief of i;, bpt th{~ danger also 'of n1U!­
der il"! case- of re~is(ance] or for tIle ~akf- of pre,'ellting
dis{;()verv, alld the universal dread \\7ith \vhic'l the
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silent arid dffenC'ele~s hour.'\ of rest and sleep f,lU-.t be
disturbed, \'lere attempts of tl~is
sort to bec(J~ne f-requent;
and \vhich dread alone~ even '.v~thQut the
Ini·,chief ,"T11ich i:i the (Jbject of' it, is not ortly a public
evil, but al1110st of ~!l ~viis the Illost instlpportablc.
1'hese circunl~tances place a difference bet\veen the
breaking illtCj a dwelling .. hou~e by day, and b)1 l)ighr;
\vhich ~1ifference obtains in tile puni~h}nCllt of tIle offence
by the law of Ivloses, and i~ prob