CHAPTER 170

An Act to amend and reenact § 18-159 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the definition of burglary and the possession of burglarious on

Approved March 4, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
eh That § 18-159 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:

§ 18-159. If any person break and enter the dwelling house of
another in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony or larceny therein,
he shall be deemed guilty of burglary, though the thing stolen, or intended
to be stolen, be of less value than fifty dollars. If any person be guilty of
burglary, he shall be punished with death or, in the discretion of the jury,
by confinement in the penitentiary not less than five nor more than
eighteen years. If any person have in his possession any tools, implements
or outfit, with intent to commit burglary, robbery, or larceny, he shall be
deemed guilty of a felony and be punished by confinement in the peniten-
tiary not less than * one nor more than * ten years. The possession of such
burglarious tools, implements or outfit by any person other than a licensed
Dealer, shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to commit burglary,
robbery, or larceny.