  Jan. 28, 1852. Sir,—Perhaps the query of "Y. S. N." concerning the expression of "Robbed between Sun and Sun," (p. 6, of your "Current Notes,") may be derived from the definition of Burglary, in Blackstone's Commentaries, book 4, Public Wrongs, section 2. "The Time must be by Night, and not by Day, for in the Day-time there is no Burglary.... Anciently the Day was accounted to begin only at Sun-rising, and to end immediately upon Sunset." Therefore, if I was robbed last night, the Burglary was committed between the Sun-set of yesterday, and the Sun-rise of to-day. Yours, Mr. Willis. |
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