State v. Meyers

Citations

• 9 Wash. 8
• 36 P. 1051
• 1894 Wash. LEXIS 247

Syllabus

<p>ARSON —INFORMATION — SITUS AND OWNERSHIP OF HOUSE BURNED — EVIDENCE.</p> <p>An information sufficiently alleges the place of the commission of the crime of arson when it charges that the defendants, on a day named, “in the county of Spokane, State of Washington, did then and there unlawfully, willfully and maliciously set fire to and burn a certain store house building, the property of another,” etc.</p> <p>Where the information alleges ownership of the building burned in one Kingman, the ownership is sufficiently proven when the only evidence on the subject is in response to the question, “Do you know who the owner of the building and premises was or is? ” To which the witness answered, “Yes, sir, Mr. C. E. Kingman.”</p>