State v. Snover

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Black, J.

The plaintiff in error was indicted by the Warren county grand jury. The indictment contained three counts.

The first count charged the defendant, with three others, that he did willfully and maliciously set fire to and burn a certain barn, not a parcel of the dwelling-house and a certain grist mill, &c.

The second count charged the defendant, with three others, that he did willfully and maliciously set fire to and burn, or cause to be burned, a dwelling-house.

The third count charged the defendant, with three others, that he did willfully and…