COMMONWEALTH v. MARGIE


165 Pa.Super. 84 (1949)

Commonwealth v. Margie, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

July 15, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.B.F. Rinehart, for appellant.

W. Bertram Waychoff, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ARNOLD and FINE, JJ. (RHODES, P.J. and ROSS, J., absent).


OPINION BY FINE, J., July 15, 1949:

Nicholas Margie was convicted on two counts charging him with arson and burning with intent to defraud an insurer,1 and was sentenced to three to ten years imprisonment. He appealed contending that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction; that the court below erred in dismissing (1) his demurrer to the evidence and (2) his motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial.

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