Blankenship

Defendant was convicted by a jury of arson (§ 447a, Pen. Code) and arson with intent to defraud an insurer (§ 548, Pen Code.) She appeals from the order granting probation.

Defendant, her 17-year-old grandson Steven and Elmo, a servant, lived at 8876 Lookout Mountain Drive in a two-story frame house built on stilts on a hillside. On August 22, 1967, Steve’s girl friend, Diana, also 17, spent the day and that night there; in the late afternoon she and Steve were in the kitchen talking about going to the laundromat when defendant told them to wait until the next day because she was planning to burn the house down the next day and wanted them to stay out of the house; Steve then asked if he should siphon some gasoline out of the car and defendant said, “okay.” Diana saw Steve go out, siphon gasoline into a coffee can, take it downstairs and set it in the corner of the kitchen.

On August 23, 1967, Diana ate breakfast .with defendant and Elmo, and at 11 a.m. drove with Steve and his friend Carl in his Mustang to the filming location of a hippie movie; they returned about 1 or 1:15 p.m. and Steve asked her to go into the house to get something; Diana went in but Elmo, who was…