People v. Bernstein

Plaintiff in error was indicted at the March term, 1910, of the criminal court of Cook county, on the charge of arson. The indictment contained six counts. The first three were drawn under section 13 of the Criminal Code, while the last three were under section 14. (Hurd’s Stat. 1909, p. 746.) The first three, in varying form, charged him with arson in burning a building belonging to Otto Vogelman; the last three, with feloniously burning or setting fire to certain goods and chattels contained in a certain building, with intent to defraud the Continental Insurance Company. Plaintiff in error…