State v. Spiegel
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — -Hon. C. A. Bishop, Judge. Dependant was duly charged with, and convicted of, the crime of arson, and from such judgment appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
1 It is first contended by appellant that the indictment is insufficient because it is impossible to determine from its 1 erms whether it charges a crime under section 4780 or under section 4781 of the Code. The first of these sections imposes a penalty for the burning of a building, and the other for setting fire to a building with the intent to cause the same to' be burned. The indictment, omitting its formal parts, is as follows: “The said Charles A. Spiegel, on the 21st day of February, A. D. 1899, in the county of Polk aforesaid, and state of Iowa, in the nighttime of said day, did…
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