States v. Keena
Supreme Court of Connecticut
INFORMATION for arson; in the Superior Court in New Haven County. The.information charged that “ on the 27th day of February 1893, at the city of Meriden and within the corporate limits thereof, John Keena of said city with force and arms did willfully, maliciously and feloniously set fire to and burn a certain dwelling house situated in said Meri-den, the property of John C. B}rxbee and Theodore Byxbee, against the form of the statute in such cases made and provided and…
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INFORMATION for arson; in the Superior Court in New Haven County. The.information charged that “ on the 27th day of February 1893, at the city of Meriden and within the corporate limits thereof, John Keena of said city with force and arms did willfully, maliciously and feloniously set fire to and burn a certain dwelling house situated in said Meri-den, the property of John C. B}rxbee and Theodore Byxbee, against the form of the statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace.” The case was tried to the jury, on the plea of “ not guilty,” before Prentice, J. On the trial the…
1Opinion of the CourtANDmsws, C. J.
Every information for a criminal offense must set forth all the essential ingredients of the crime charged with reasonable certainty. If it fails to do this it is bad on demurrer or on a motion to arrest the judgment. State v. Costello, 62 Conn., 128.
The essential ingredients of the crime of arson are, the voluntary and malicious burning of an occupied dwelling house ; and that the house be the house of another than the accused. 2 Swift’s Dig., side p. 304; Coke, 3d Institute, 66. From these elements it appears that arson is an offense against the security of a dwelling house as such, and not…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Snyder v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
- State v. CostelloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
- State v. McGowanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1850
- State v. LyonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1838
- State v. TooleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
3Cited by15 opinions
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- State v. ShawSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
- State v. BeckwithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1938
- Baer v. Baird Machine Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Shea v. HemmingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
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