Scott v. State

Before the taking of any testimony upon the trial the state moved to amend the information by adding a seventh and eighth count setting forth offenses under sec. 343.04, Stats. The effect of these counts was to charge the plaintiff in error with being a principal and an accessory *551before the fact to the burning of personal property. The original information contained six counts. The first charged the plaintiff in error with burning a dwelling house belonging to himself, contrary to the provisions of sec. 343.01; the second count charged him as an accessory before the fact in the burning of the…