Hart v. State

Appellant was convicted of the crime of arson. In overruling his motion to quash the indictment, error is claimed. The indictment charges that appellant did unlawfully, etc., “set fire to and attempt to bum a certain dwelling house, * * * of the value of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars, * * * the property of the said Guy Hart, upon which house a policy of insurance for Twenty-five Hundred ($2,500) Dollars had been issued by the Connecticut Pire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, which policy was then and there in force, with the intent to defraud the said Connecticut Pire Insurance…