OPINION BY GUNTHER, J., July 14, 1953:
Defendant was convicted of arson and has appealed from the refusal of his motion for a new trial. The Commonwealth's evidence was circumstantial, and consisted, inter alia, of a signed confession and evidence that defendant committed a prior crime which purported to show motive and a plan. This appeal is predicated on the contention that such evidence was inadmissible until the Commonwealth had proven the corpus delicti.
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