People v. González Villapol

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

The appellant herein was prosecuted and convicted in the District Court of Ponce for the crime of arson (sec. 407 of the Penal Code, 1937 ed.), in that he did “wilfully and maliciously set fire to and burn an unharvested sugar-cane plantation, the property-of Mario Mercado e Hijos-. .

The present appeal is based on four alleged errors which are attributed to the court and which we will discuss in the same order in which they are assigned in the brief of the appellant.

1. Denial of the motion made by the defendant to have the jury retire during the attack made…