People v. Brown — 188 N.Y. 554

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The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Burt C. Brown, Respondent.

(Argued February 25, 1907;

decided March 12, 1907.)

Headnote

People v. Brown, 110 App. Div. 490 , affirmed.

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered January 17,1906, which reversed a judgment of the Herkimer County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of arson in the third degree.

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George W. Ward for appellant.

A. M. Mills and II. A. Be Coster for respondent.

Order affirmed on the first two • grounds stated in the prevailing opinion below.

Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Edward T. Bartlett, Haight, Vann, Werner and Willard Bartlett, JJ. Not sitting: Hiscock, J.