Staaden v. People of State

• Court: Illinois Supreme Court
• Writing for the Court: Per CURIAM
• Citation: Staaden v. People of State , 82 Ill. 432, 1876 WL 10225, 25 Am.Rep. 333 (Ill. 1876)
• Decision Date: 31 January 1876
• Parties: NICHOLAS STAADENv.THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

82 Ill. 432

1876 WL 10225 (Ill.)

25 Am.Rep. 333

NICHOLAS STAADEN

v.THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January Term, 1876.

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WRIT OF ERROR to the Circuit Court of DuPage county; the Hon. H. H. CODY, Judge, presiding.

This was an indictment against Nicholas Staaden, as follows:

“ First count--Grand jurors present that Nicholas Staaden, late of Cook county, on the 28th day of July, A. D. 1874, in Cook county, Illinois, unlawfully, wilfully, feloniously and maliciously did set fire to a certain building therein situate, which said building was then and there used as and for a store and dwelling house, and which said building was then and there insured against loss by fire in and by the Ætna Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, with the intent then and there to injure the said insurance company, contrary to the statute and against the peace and dignity of the same people of the State of Illinois.

Second count--The grand jurors present that Nicholas Staaden, late of the county of Cook, on the said 28th day of July, A. D. 1874, in said county of Cook, in State of Illinois, with the intent to injure the said Ætna Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, did then and there unlawfully, feloniously, wilfully and maliciously set fire to the building aforesaid, and that said building was then and there insured against loss by fire in and by the said insurance company, and that said building was then and there used as and for a store and dwelling house, and that said building was then and there the property of said Nicholas Staaden, and was then and there occupied by him, the said Staaden, contrary to the statute and against the peace and dignity of the same people of the State of Illinois.”

Mr. THOMAS SHIRLEY, for the plaintiff in error. Mr. JAMES K. EDSALL, Attorney General, for the People.

Per CURIAM:

The indictment in this case was found under section 14, division 1, of the Criminal Code, and charges...