Commonwealth v. Landis
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 188, Oct. T., 1898, by defendant, from sentence of Q. S. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1897, No. 370, on conviction for arson under section 139 of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382. Opinion by Orlady, J. Indictment for arson. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal, No. 188, Oct. T., 1898, by defendant, from sentence of Q. S. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1897, No. 370, on conviction for arson under section 139 of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382. Opinion by Orlady, J. Indictment for arson. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and undergo imprisonment in separate or solitary confinement at labor in Philadelphia county prison for the term of four years, to pay the costs of prosecution and to' stand committed until the judgment is fully complied with. Defendant appealed. The motion in…
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Orlady, J.,
The defendant was charged in an indictment containing three counts: (1) with feloniously setting fire to a factory; (2) with feloniously attempting to set fire to a factory; (3) with burning a factory with intent to defraud certain named insurance companies. The indictment was found in the court of quarter sessions of the peace for the county of Philadelphia, and without a motion to quash, or requiring the commonwealth to elect on which count the defendant should be tried, a general plea of not guilty was entered and a general verdict of guilty was returned by the jury. A…
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