People v. . Fitzgerald
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the appellate division of the 'supreme court in the fourth judicial department, affirming a judgment of the Monroe County court entered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of arson in the second degree, and an order denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The defendant was indicted for the crime of arson in the first degree, convicted of arson in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison for a term of ten years. The specific charge in the indictment was that on the 17th day of July, 1895, he set fire in the night and burned the parochial schoolhouse in the village of Charlotte, in which building there was at the time a human being. The building was the property of a religious corporation, and the defendant, as the pastor of the parish church, with which the school was connected, was one of the five trustees who had…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The People v. . BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- People v. . McKaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
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- People v. PfanschmidtIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
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