Walker v. State

Charles Walker and Eunice Walker were jointly indicted for burning a certain insured vacant dwelling house, belonging to Ida J. Walker, the wife of Charles Walker, with intent to injure the Phoenix Insurance Company, a corporation. Eunice Walker was acquitted under instruction by the court, and Charles Walker brings here for review by writ of error, the judgment of conviction against him.

We will discuss first those assignments of error relating to the sufficiency of the evidence.

It appears from the testimony that about a month before the fire, the defendant moved from Bradentown to Plant…