ABSTRACT
In Wheelhouse,26 the defendant had persuaded an innocent dupe to gain entry to the garage of a house in order to steal a car. It was held that there was nothing to prevent the defendant being convicted of burglary even upon the acquittal of the innocent dupe: the defendant had, through the agency of this man, ‘entered’ the garage. Consequently, if the defendant sends in his dog to steal something from a room, while he remains outside, he commits burglary through its agency.
