State v. Evans
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Buchanan Circuit Court. The .admissions of Conner were admissible in evidence as part of the res gestae.
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
The defendant was indicted for and convicted of arson in *461tbe second degree (1 Wagn. Stat., 453, §3), in setting fire to and burning the office of John C. Bender, which was situated adjoining to the inhabited dwelling house of John A. Lewis.
The indictment is not liable to any valid objection. The offense set put is charged in the language of the statute, and that is sufficient*
When the jury was being impaneled, the defendant proposed asking the following question of the jurors: “Has any one of you ever had his house burnt, or attempted to be burnt by an incendiary? If so, would that fact tend…
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