State v. McTague

DIBFLL, Justice.

The defendant was convicted in the district court of Hennepin county of the crime of arson in the first degree. The indictment alleged that on January 19, 1932, he set fire to a building at 600-602 Seventh street north in Minneapolis and a dwelling house known as 604 Seventh street north, in which dwelling house there were at the time human beings. He appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

The defendant claims that the corpus delicti was not proved. Under our holdings the proof of the corpus delicti requires proof of the burning of the building and proof…