PETERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 8608.

97 F.2d 500 (1938)

PETERS v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 16, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry G. McCain, of Ketchikan, Alaska, and George Grigsby, of Juneau, Alaska, and Joseph O. Stearns, Jr., of Ketchikan, Alaska, for appellant.

William A. Holzheimer, U. S. Atty., and George W. Folta, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Juneau, Alaska, for the United States.

Before GARRECHT, HANEY, and STEPHENS, Circuit Judges.


HANEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted for fraudulently burning a dwelling house with intent to defraud the insurer, a felony under Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1933, § 4794, was convicted, was sentenced to imprisonment in a federal penitentiary for three years, and appealed.

Appellant, on September 10, 1935, obtained a fire insurance policy covering her house in the sum of $2,500, and covering her household furniture and personal effects in the sum...

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