The People v. Vozel

The plaintiff in error, Louis Vozel, was convicted in the circuit court of Macoupin county of arson and sentenced to the penitentiary. By this writ of error he seeks a reversal of the judgment.

The indictment consisted of seven counts, the third, fifth and seventh of which were quashed on motion of the defendant. The fourth was eliminated by the election of the State’s attorney, pursuant to the order of the court, to offer no evidence under it but to proceed under the first, second and sixth counts, which charged the burning of a dwelling house, the property of the defendant.

The commission of…