Dobbs' Case
Buckingham Assizes
2 East, P.C. 513 (1770)
Relevant factsFree
Dobbs (defendant) broke into a stable attached to Bayley's dwelling house and cut the sinews of a horse's foreleg specifically to prevent it from running in a race the following day, and the horse subsequently died; Dobbs was indicted for burglary.
IssueFree
Whether the crime of burglary requires that the defendant possess the specific intent to commit a felony after the burglary has been committed.