Maranda v. State

The plaintiff in error, Elizabeth Maranda, was indicted for the crime of arson. Being convicted and sentenced, she prosecutes error to this court.

Mrs. Maranda was the owner of some secondhand furniture, stored in a building on the lot where she lived, which she had formerly used in running a boarding house. She had a friend by the name of Mrs. 0 ’Connor, who had had experience in running boarding' houses, but who had no furniture. An arrangement was made between them by which Mrs. O’Connor rented a vacant house and moved the furniture of Mrs. Maranda into the house for the purpose of…