State v. Orlando

The defendant Lawrence Orlando, together with one Lilly Orlando, one John Walter Williams, and one Rosie Williams were charged with setting fire to and burning a certain dwelling house; also that said defendants and each of them, did “aid, counsel, and procure, with each other, and with certain persons whose names are to your District Attorney unknown, the burning of said dwelling house.”

The jury found the defendant Lawrence Orlando guilty of “aiding, counseling and procuring the burning” of said dwelling house, 'and found the three other defendants not guilty.

This defendant’s appeal brings…