White

Defendant was convicted of the crime of arson. He appeals from the judgment and an order of court denying his motion for a new trial.

Appellant’s chief contention is that the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdict. That the fire was of incendiary origin is not controverted. The evidence connecting defendant with the crime is almost wholly of a circumstantial nature. It tends to establish the following facts: That in September preceding the fire, which occurred on the night of November 30, 1911, defendant, by an assignment, acquired the lease of certain premises conducted as an apartment and lodging house, for which he agreed to pay $60 per month; that he bought from the prior occupant thereof the furniture contained therein, the market value of which was $275; that on October 19th he took out a fire insurance policy on the furniture for $1,000, and bn November 15th caused another policy thereon to be issued in the sum of $500 ; that on the night of the fire the apartment in which it was started, by breaking a hole in the plaster and inserting paper saturated with coal-oil, was unoccupied; that the prior occupant thereof had rented it for seven months from October 1st at…