People v. Perlman

Defendant has been convicted of the crime of arson in the third degree before the Oneida County Court and a jury. For a number of years prior to February 19, 1926, the defendant was the proprietor of a store at 9 Blandina street, in the city of Utica, N. Y. He was engaged in the manufacture and sale of umbrellas. A fire occurred in the store of the defendant during the evening of February 19, 1926, which was first discovered by a policeman about seven-fortydive o’clock that evening.

When the store was opened and the firemen and others entered, witnesses testified that the fire had burned some…