Leon Serne ( defendant) and his family that consisted of his wife and two daughters, two sons, and a servant John Henry Goldfinch (defendant) who all lived in Serne's house. The house had a shop attached to it. Serne had no money and thought of the idea of burning his home down to get the insurance money. He told his servant Goldfinch to help him. Eye witnesses saw both men at the shop attached to the home before the fire started to break out. Everyone survived the fire except for Serne's two sons. Serne and Goldfinch were indicted for felony murder, found guilty, and they appealed. The question, in this case, was it murder if they did not mean for the two boys to die in the fire? The court held that yes it was murder. The defendants knew that