Commonwealth v. Buti

Opinion by

Trexler, P. J.,

The defendant was convicted upon an indictment charging him with arson. Motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment were refused, and this appeal followed.

The evidence offered was circumstantial, and the question before us is whether there was sufficient testimony to warrant conviction. It may be summarized as follows:

The defendant was in possession of the premises and had control of them, and spent some time in them several hour before the fire. At the time of the fire the doors and windows of the house were barricaded, an electric fan was in such a position that…