Chapman v. State

The plaintiff in error was placed on trial in Hall superior court, under an indictment containing two counts, the first charging him and one Reuben Priest as principals in the commission of the offense of arson by burning a millhouse not situate in a city, ‘town or village; the second count charging plaintiff in error as being an accessory before the fact to said offense, alleging that he had procured and counseled Reuben Priest to commit the offense of arson. To this indictment the defendant Reuben Priest pleaded guilty, and Tom Chapman,_ the plaintiff in error, was placed on trial under the…