State v. Polidor

Following a fire of incendiary origin which occurred at the Vermont State Prison, at Windsor, Vermont, the defendant, then incarcerated therein, was served with an information and warrant issued by the State’s Attorney of Windsor County. The charge in such information and warrant was that the defendant “on to wit the 3rd day of July, 1969, did then and there, wilfully and maliciously set fire to, burn and cause to be burned, a shop, to wit, the Laundry Building at the Vermont State Prison in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 502.” On October 14 and 15, 1970, the defendant was tried by jury on the…