People v. Russell

Foote, C.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of arson in the first degree. From the judgment -rendered against him in the premises and an order denying him a new trial, he has appealed.

He claims that his demurrer to the information should have been sustained, as that pleading did not charge him with any public offense. His argument in this connection is, that although the information is drawn substantially in the language of section 447 of the Penal Code, it was fatally defective because it did not go further, and declare in the language of section 448 of the same code that the building…