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22. Which, if any, of these individuals is guilty of burglary?

The jurisdiction follows the common law, except that burglary covers structures in addition to dwellings and the nighttime element has been eliminated.

A woman told a man to accompany her into her friend's unlocked barn and retrieve an expensive black saddle that she said she had loaned to the friend. The man accompanied the woman to the friend's barn, opened the door, found a black saddle hanging high above the ground, and climbed a ladder to reach it. He handed the saddle down to the woman, and the two left with it together. In fact, the saddle belonged to the friend, and when the friend discovered the saddle missing, she suspected that the woman was the thief. The friend used a screwdriver to break into the woman's house to find the saddle. Upon discovering the saddle on the woman's kitchen table, the friend took it back and called the police.