People v. Shields

New York Court of Appeals

People v. Shields

194 N.E. 407, 266 N.Y. 200, 1935 N.Y. LEXIS 1358

CourtNew York Court of Appeals

DecidedJanuary 24, 1935

StatusPublished

Cited by5 cases

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People v. Shields, 194 N.E. 407, 266 N.Y. 200, 1935 N.Y. LEXIS 1358 (N.Y. 1935).

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Opinion

*202 Per Curiam.

The question whether defendant willfully burned or set on fire the building or structure described in the indictment, with intent to prejudice or defraud the insurer of the tenant’s insurable interest in improvements and betterments to the building, may be submitted to the jury upon the new trial.

The order should be affirmed.

Lehman, O’Brien, Hubbs, Loughran and Finch, JJ., concur; Crane, Ch. J., and Crouch, J., dissent.

Order affirmed.

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