State v. Snyder

The defendant, Martin E. Snyder and son, George M. Snyder, were jointly charged, by information filed in the superior court for Lincoln county, with the crime of arson. Count 1 of the information charged them with setting on fire a building, known as the Bowie Block, in Reardan, in that county, on July 23, 1926. Count 2 of the information charged them with setting on fire the same building on August 3, 1926.

After the filing and overruling of demurrers of each of the defendants to the information, the case proceeded to trial upon the merits in the superior court sitting with a jury, resulting…