RAMSEY v. COMMONWEALTH


105 S.E.2d 155 (1958)

200 Va. 245

Harry Lucas RAMSEY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 13, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Breckinridge Vance, Robert C. Smith, Buena Vista, for plaintiff in error.

C. F. Hicks, Asst. Atty. Gen. (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD, and I'ANSON, JJ.


SNEAD, Justice.

On July 2, 1957, Harry Lucas Ramsey was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for one year on an indictment charging that on February 13, 1957, he did wilfully, maliciously and feloniously set fire to or burn his dwelling house with goods and chattels therein, which were insured at the time against loss or damage by fire, with intent to injure the insurer. § 18-158, Code 1950. Ramsey's motion to set aside the...

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