Militello v. People

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted of arson and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two and one-half to five years. To review that judgment he prosecutes this writ. The errors assigned are grouped and argued under the following heads: (1) The evidence does not sustain the verdict; (2) improper evidence was admitted; (3) proper evidence was excluded; (4) erroneous instructions were given; (5) essential instructions were refused.

1. The information charged defendant with burning property which was “then and there being insured against damage and loss…