State v. . Wilson

Criminal prosecution tried upon indictment charging the defendant with wantonly and wilfully burning a barn, the property of W. A. Lowman, in violation of C. S., 4242.

W. A. Lowman is a farmer living in Burke County. His barn was burned about 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning, 9 April, 1933. His horses were saved, but his cow was not. The defendant is a fisherman living in a shack on the western bank of the Catawba River.

A fresh boot track was found not far from the barn which led across the bottom and in the direction of June Wilson's shack. It is in evidence that this track was made by the…