State v. Maranda

The defendant, Elizabeth Mar anda, was indicted by the grand jury of Summit county, Ohio, on the charge of arson, in two counts, one the burning of a dwelling house and the other the burning of certain personal property then and there within said dwelling house. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty to the indictment, the jury was impaneled and sworn, and trial commenced.

During the trial the state had offered evidence tending to show that three fires had occurred at the house during the afternoon and night of September 3, 1915; the first at about 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon, the second at…