Rist v. State

Citations

• 93 Miss. 841
• 47 So. 433

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law and Procedure. Arson. Capital crime. Code 1906, § 1036. Nighttime essential.</p> <p>A defendant indicted under Code 1906, § 1036, making it a capital felony to burn in the nighttime any house, etc., in which there shall be at the time some human being usually staying, lodging . or residing at night, cannot be convicted unless the house was set on fire in the nighttime.</p>