State v. Watson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions to the ruling of the justice of the superior court for this county. Indictment for arson in setting fire to the barn of the defendant, in Scarborough, on the night of the twentieth of January, 1873, whereby it and his adjoining dwelling-house were consumed. The ownership of these buildings is thus stated in the first count and that the barn was set on fire for the purpose of destroying the house in which certain persons then lawfully were.
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On exceptions to the ruling of the justice of the superior court for this county. Indictment for arson in setting fire to the barn of the defendant, in Scarborough, on the night of the twentieth of January, 1873, whereby it and his adjoining dwelling-house were consumed. The ownership of these buildings is thus stated in the first count and that the barn was set on fire for the purpose of destroying the house in which certain persons then lawfully were. The second count alleges the mode of setting the fire in the same way, but avers that these buildings were the property of Simon Jordan, and…
1Opinion of the CourtDickerson, J.
This case is presented on exceptions to the order of the presiding justice overruling the motion in arrest of judgment, his exclusion and admission of testimony, his instructions to the jury, and refusal to give certain instructions requested by the defendant.
Several causes are assigned in the motion for arrest of judgment, but they may all be conveniently considered under two general heads.
I. It is alleged that no statute offence is set out in the second and third counts upon which the respondent was convicted. We do not think that this objection is well taken. The second count charges the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CunninghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- People v. LohmanNew York Supreme Court · 1848
- Jones v. RivesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1841
3Cited by3 opinions
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