People v. Kelly
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Thomas J. Kelly, from a judgment of the Ulster County Court, rendered on June 12, 1896, convicting him of the crime of arson in the second degree.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
The defendant was tried in June, 1896, at the Ulster County Court, under an indictment charging him with the crime of arson in -the second degree, in setting fire to his own buildings in the city of Kingston on-the 3d day of February, 1896, was convicted and sentenced to the State prison at Dannemora for seven years and two months. It was not claimed that he personally committed the criminal act. The fire was evidently the work of an unknown incendiary, and no connection between the act of such person and defendant was shown by any direct evidence. lie was sought to be charged as a…
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