State v. MOLITOR ET UX

The defendants, Kermit A. Molitor and Neva L. Molitor, appeal from a judgment of conviction for the crime of arson in the first degree. They each were sentenced to imprisonment in the Oregon State Penitentiary for an indeterminate time, the maximum of which was fixed at three years.

The indictment charging defendants with the crime of arson in the first degree was returned by the grand jury of Linn county, Oregon, on June 10, 1953, and, omitting formal parts, it reads as follows:

“The above named defendants are accused by the Grand Jury of the County of Linn, by this indictment, of the crime of…