People v. Jones
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County and from an order denying a new trial. J. E. Webb, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNES, C.
The defendant was convicted of the crime of .arson in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment in ¡the state’s prison for the term of five years, and appeals from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial.
The information charged that Walter Jones and L. B. Spivey on March 6, 1897, did willfully, unlawfully, et cetera, set fire to and bum a certain dwelling-house, the property of one W. A. -Cosby.
The first witness called for the prosecution was S. S. Crutcher, the deputy constable who arrested the defendant, and who it appears had acted as a detective in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- United States v. WilliamsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1858
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