State v. Pfeuller

The defendant, Pfeuller, was, by information filed in the superior court for Snohomish county, charged with the crime of arson in the second degree, in that he did,

“. . . in the county of Snohomish, state of Washington, on or about the 10th day of April, 1931, wil-fully, unlawfully and feloniously burn and set fire to the building and barn of Lizzie G-eue. ’ ’

Trial of the case in that court, sitting with a jury, resulted in a verdict finding him guilty as charged. Final judgment was accordingly rendered against him, from which he has appealed to this court.

The principal contention here made…