State v. Stringer

Citations

• 105 Miss. 851
• 63 So. 270

Syllabus

<p>1. Indictment and Information. Allegations. Charging several offenses. Arson. Occupation by human beings. Dwelling house. Demurrer.</p> <p>The indictment for arson set out in the opinion of the court, held not to he demurrable as charging two separate and distinct crimes.</p> <p>2. Arson. Indictment. Dwelling house.</p> <p>An indictment for arson which avers that,the house in question was a “dwelling house” occupied by the owner and his family, is not demurrable as not alleging that the house burned was a house in which human beings resided and slept at the time it was burned, since a “dwelling house” is a house in- which human beings “usually stay, .lodge or reside.”</p>