State v. Hanna
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Benton Court; J. 8. Maples, Judge; 1. The burning of one’s own dwelling is a crime under our statutes. 1 Wharton Cr. Law (10 Ed.), § § 825, 830, note 4; 2 R. C. L. 503, § 8; 78 Mo. 307, 313; 19 N. Y. 537; 51N. H. 176; 8 La. Ann. 109; 12 Id. 382; 21 Id. 157; 36 Cyc. 1114, § 3; 80 Conn. 646; 232 111. 312; 169 Ind. 691; 60 Neb. 384; 162 Fed. 331; 168 U. S. 95; 206 Mo. 541; Kirby’s Digest, § 1576.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
It is conceded by the Attorney General and the special counsel for the State that this appeal involves the question of whether the burning of one’s own dwelling house is an indictable offense under Section 1576 of Kirby’s Digest. At co'mmon law arson was regarded as an offense against the possession rather than the property. Consequently arson was defined as the malicious and wilful burning of another’s house. By “another’s house,” in the definition, is meant another’s to occupy. Bishop’s New Criminal Law (8 Ed.), Yol. 2, Secs. 8-12, and Wharton’s Criminal Law (11 Ed.), Vol. 2, Secs.…
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