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Fire Wood Consummated Wooden Rags Building Setting Attempted

Front Attempted, frustrated or consummated arson:
Back 1. A person, intending to burn a wooden structure, collects some rags, soaks them in gasoline and places them beside the wooden wall of the building. When he is about to light a match to set fire to the rags, he is discovered by another who chases him away.

2. Any charring of the wood of a building, whereby the fiber of the wood is destroyed, is sufficient. It is necessary that the wood should be ablazed.

3. Setting fire to the contents of a building constitutes the consummated crime of setting fire of a building, even if no part of the building was burned.

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