People v. Scott

Defendant was complained against and arrested in 1929 charged with having, September 20, 1926, wilfully and maliciously burned a dwelling house, was bound over to the circuit court for trial, and an information filed against her. She was placed on trial before a jury, and, at the conclusion of the people’s testimony, was discharged by the court on her motion. The people bring error.

When the offense is alleged to have been committed, sections 15281 to 15286, 3 Comp. Laws 1915, inclusive, were in force. Act No. 38, Pub. Acts 1927, repealed these sections of Compiled Laws of 1915, but saved “any…