State v. Meyers

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, C. J.

— The defendants were indicted for the crime of arson, March 9, 1893, and upon trial were found guilty as charged, and were thereupon sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. There are five principal points which are made the basis of this appeal: First, That the information is insufficient; second, that the evidence on the part of the state is not sufficient to justify the verdict; third, that there was no evidence as to the ownership of the property alleged to have been burned; fourth, that the court erred in allowing certain…