State v. Chevigny

Early in the morning of October 25, 1911, a building occupied as a lodging-house, in the city of Missoula, was destroyed by fire. On November 29 the defendant was, after examination by a justice of the peace, held under bail to answer in the district court on the charge of arson for setting fire to the building. The justice transmitted the transcript of the testimony heard by him and all the papers in connection with the case to the clerk of the district court, and they were filed by the latter on December 5. On January 5, 1912, the county attorney filed an information charging the defendant…