State v. Glovsky
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by respondent. The respondent was indicted under the provisions of R. S., Chap. 121, for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a building of another, with intent to burn the building, and the building was burned. The indictment was drawn in the language of the statute.
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On exceptions by respondent. The respondent was indicted under the provisions of R. S., Chap. 121, for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a building of another, with intent to burn the building, and the building was burned. The indictment was drawn in the language of the statute. The respondent filed a general demurrer to the indictment, with the right to plead over in case the demurrer should be overruled, alleging that the indictment was fatally defective in that it did not allege that the act complained of was done without the consent of the owner of the building. The presiding…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilbrook, J.
The respondent was indicted under the provisions of R. S., Chap. 121, for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a building belonging to one Simon Glovsky, otherwise known as Samuel Glovsky, with intent to burn said building, and said building was thereby burned. Upon arraignment, he filed a general demurrer, reserving the right, with the consent of the presiding Justice, to plead over, in case said demurrer should be overruled. The presiding Justice overruled the demurrer and the case is before us upon exceptions to that ruling.
His counsel concedes that, broadly speaking, an indictment for…
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