State v. Mizell

HIGGINS, Justice.

The accused was indicted for the offense of aggravated arson. He was tried and found guilty, as charged. The trial judge sentenced him to fifty-four months at hard labor in the State Penitentiary. He appealed and relies upon five bills of exception for the annulment of the verdict of the jury and the sentence of the court.

We shall first consider Bill of Exception No. 5, reserved to the- failure and refusal of the trial judge to charge the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence, and to the alleged improper instructions as to what constitutes reasonable doubt.

The judge’s…