Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Anniston City Court. . Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. Jim Williams was convicted of arson and appealed to tbe Court of Appeals,, who certified the question as to variance between, the indictment and the proof to this court. For opinion in the Court of Appeals, see Williams v. State, 4 Ala.
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Appeal from Anniston City Court. . Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. Jim Williams was convicted of arson and appealed to tbe Court of Appeals,, who certified the question as to variance between, the indictment and the proof to this court. For opinion in the Court of Appeals, see Williams v. State, 4 Ala. App. 92; 58 South. 925. The ownership of the house must be alleged and proved as laid. — Marker v. State, 26 Ala. 72; Graham- v. State, 40 Ala. 659; Smoke v. State, 87 Ala. 142; Thomas v. State, 116 Ala. 461. It is not arson for an owner to burn his own house. — Sullivan v. State, 5…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The Court of Appeals has certified to the Supreme Court the following -questions of law, for its decision, under the proviso of section 2 of- the act creating said Court of Appeals (Laws 1911, p. 96); such questions of law being thus presented in the certificate: “In the above-entitled cause, the judges of this court being unable to reach a unanimous conclusion *36or decision, the undersigned judges of said court, pursuant to the provision of the statutes in such cases made and provided, hereby certify to the Supreme Court of Alabama the following questions of law, as to which the undersigned…
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