People v. Haggerty
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Municipal Criminal Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The defendant appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court:
This appeal is from a judgment pronounced against the defendant after indictment and trial for the crime of arson. The fire was set in old rags, saturated with coal oil, and lying upon the floor of the house, but was quickly dis*355covered, and put out. The defendant contends that there was not a sufficient burning of the house to constitute the crime of arson, and that he could rightfully have been convicted only of an attempt to commit arson.
Upon the question of what is a sufficient burning to constitute the crime, Mr. Bishop states the rule thus: “ The word ‘ burn’ enters into the…
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