State v. Webb

The indictment, in usual form, charged that defendant on or. about October 27, 1946, “willfully and maliciously set fire to a building known as the Clinton Superior Laundry, in violation of section 707.2 of the 1946 Code of Iowa.”

Defendant (age 39) and one Blandford were equal partners in ownership and operation of the laundry in a leased building in Clinton. Both partners and Mrs. Webb were in the place of business the evening of Sunday, October 27, 1946. There was some discussion over an alleged .discrepancy in the books kept by defendant and his wife. Blandford testifies there was a cash…