People v. Mooney
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Merced County and from orders denying a new trial and denying a motion in arrest of judgment. J. E. Webb, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, C.
The defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of the crime of arson in the second degree, from an order denying him a new trial, and from an order denying his motion in arrest of judgment.
Section 447 of the Penal Code defines arson as “the willful and malicious burning of a building, with intent to destroy it.”
The defendant was charged in the information with “the-crime of arson, committed as follows: The said K. J. Mooney on or about the fourth day of March, 1899, at and in the said county of Merced, and state of California, and prior to the filing of this information, did…
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