Orato v. State

Appellant Jack Orato and his co-indictee Biaggio Angelica were jointly charged by indictment in separate counts with the offenses of arson and attempt to commit arson.

Upon the granting of a severance, appellant was separately tried and convicted under the second count of the indictment of attempt to commit arson, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

By motion to quash, appellant excepted to the indictment on the grounds that it did not sufficiently describe or designate the house which it was alleged he and his co-indictee attempted to burn.

The…