State v. McLarne
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Le Sueur county, tried in the district court for that county, convicted of the crime of arson, and sentenced to the State Prison for a term not to exceed seven years. From an order, Morrison, J., denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
In February, 1913, defendant was convicted of the crime of arson. He is now serving the sentence imposed. The appeal is from the order denying a new trial, and involves but one assignment of error, namely, that the verdict of guilty is not justified by the evidence.
At about 11 o’clock on the night of July 6, 191Í, fire was discovered in a barn on the farm of Adna Pettis, located 2\ miles southeast of St. Peter, Minnesota. About one year thereafter defendant was indicted on the charge that he set the fire. The following facts give a setting to the case: Less than a year prior to July 6, 1911,…
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