State v. . Yearwood

There were originally three counts in the bill of indictment: First, charging that the defendants set fire to and burned a certain building, the property of C.C. Mills; the second, that the defendant Yearwood burned the building, and that defendant Tabor aided and abetted him in it; and the third charge, willful injury to the property of C. C. Mills by setting fire to and burning certain sawed lumber. The defendants, at the close of the State's evidence, and again at the close of all the evidence, moved for judgment as of nonsuit against the State. The judge allowed the motion as to the first…