Wolf v. State

This was a prosecution against the appellant for arson, which resulted in a conviction and sentence of the defendant to the state prison, etc.

Two questions are presented and argued in this court:

1. As to the sufficiency of the indictment.

2. As to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

The charging part of the indictment reads as follows:

“That Jacob H. Wolf, late of said county, on,” etc., “at,” etc., “did then and there unlawfully, feloniously, wilfully and maliciously set fire to the barn of one Laura Wolf, then and there situate, which barn was then and there of the value…