Foster v. State

At the March term, 1870, of the court of common pleas of Williams county, the plaintiff in error was indicted for the crime of arson, and, at the May term, he was tried and convicted. He now prosecutes this proceeding in error here, to reverse the judgment of that court, on the ground that it erred in overruling his motion for a new trial and motion in arrest of judgment.

On the motion for a new trial, the only ground relied upon was, that the verdict was against the evidence. All the testimony given on the trial is before us upon the record; and we cannot say that it does not sustain the…