STATE v. PERRAS

No. 370.

86 A.2d 544 (1952)

STATE v. PERRAS.

Supreme Court of Vermont. Chittenden.

February 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence H. Deshaw, State's Atty., Burlington, for plaintiff.

Joseph S. Wool, Burlington, for defendant.

Before SHERBURNE, C. J., JEFFORDS, CLEARY and ADAMS, JJ., and CHASE, Superior Judge.


ADAMS, Justice.

At the September Term, 1950, of the Chittenden County Court, the respondent was convicted of arson in the second degree. The case is here on his exceptions to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict. While stated in various ways, the substance of the motion was that there was no evidence from which the jury could find that the fire was incendiary and that the burning was the act of the respondent.

This is a criminal case, but the rule...

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