People v. Taber

The defendants were charged with conspiring to burn an apartment house owned by the defendant Taber and occupied by the defendant Sibley, with the intent to prejudice and defraud an insurance company which had insured the building. In a second count they were charged with arson, in intentionally setting fire to and burning this building. In the fall of 1932 one Eli and one Rose had been convicted of arson in connection with the burning of this building, as a result of which they were confined in the penitentiary. The defendant Taber was convicted by a jury and has appealed from the judgment…