Chapman v. State

Appellant was convicted,by a jury upon an information charging him with an attempt to commit arson. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he appeals. The overruling of his motion for a new trial is assigned as error. As a ground for a new trial it is alleged that the verdict is contrary to law. Under the assignment it is argued that there was no evidence to sustain the verdict, and hence the verdict is contrary to law.

The uneontroverted and only material facts are these: William Eonth, an old man, owns a house in the city of Jeffersonville, of the value of $800, and resides therein…