People v. Burridge
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Berrien. (O’Hara, J.) Respondent was' convicted of burning the dwelling-house of another in the day-time, and sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison for nine months. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Respondent was informed against under How. Stat. § 9124, for burning the dwelling-house of one William Duvall in the day-time. Duvall lived, by himself in a house situated on land owned by respondent. Just what the arrangement was by which Duvall claimed to have the right to occupy it does not appear, but it does appear that the respondent was unable to sell the land so long as Duvall remained there. Some two years before the fire, as was testified on the trial by one of the people’s witnesses, respondent stated that he wanted to get Duvall off, so he could sell, and that if he did not get…
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