People v. Lauman

This is an appeal by the people from an order granting a motion in arrest of judgment. Respondent was charged in each of three counts of an indictment with the crime of presenting, false proofs in support of a claim upon a- policy of insurance, as defined by section 549 of the Penal Code. He had taken out three policies of fire insurance, one each in the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company, the Providence-Washington Insurance Company, and the Concordia Fire Insurance Company. The respondent was engaged in the cleaning and dyeing business in the city of Los Angeles, operating under…