Lee v. Tucker

SEBRING, J.:

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which the petitioner challenges the sufficiency of a criminal information drawn under section 806.06 Florida Statutes .1941, F.S.A. which provides, in part, that any person “who wilfully and with intent to injure or defraud the insurer . . . causes to be burned, or . . . counsels or procures the burning of any building . . . which shall at the time be insured . . . against loss or damage by fire, shall be guilty of a felony . . .”

The first count of the information charges, in substance, that the petitioner, on August 11, 1947, wilfully and…