Brown v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for arson, from Columbia superior court — Judge Hammond. April 16, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
Brown was convicted of arson, and to the overruling of his motion for a new trial he brings error. In addition to the general grounds he specifically assigns error upon the following charge of the judge to the jury: “The State contends, that on the 6th day of last December, in this county, on a plantation belonging to Judge E. H. Callaway, known as the Mays place, there resided an old darkey by the name of Brandon Gordon, with his family; that near his dwelling-house was located his stable aDd his barn, in which he had his mule, wagon, buggy, and some fodder and some corn;'that about daybreak…
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