The People v. Farrell

An indictment, consisting of sixteen counts, was returned in the circuit court of Kane county charging Thomas H. Farrell and Harry Samsky with setting fire to a shop or factory in the city of Elgin, the property of the E. P. Johnson Piano Company, an Illinois corporation. A jury found the defendants guilty and they were sentenced to the penitentiary. They prosecute this writ of error.

Thomas H. Farrell, sixty-five years of age, resides in the city of Berwyn in Cook county and is engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing and selling pianos. His factory was formerly located in the city…