People v. Reed

Defendant was convicted of burning a dwelling house; CL 1948, § 750.72 (Stat -Ann 1962 Rev §28.267). It was defendant’s contention throughout the trial and now on appeal that the structure burned was not a dwelling house within the meaning of the statute.

The statute under which defendant was convicted provides as follows:

“Any person who wilfully or maliciously burns any dwelling house, either occupied or unoccupied, or the contents thereof, whether owned by himself or another, or any building within the curtilage of such dwelling house, or the contents thereof, shall be guilty of a felony,…