Legal Opinion
Brower v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 4, 1953No. 38732PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
P. H. Brower was convicted, under an indictment based on Section 2010, Code 1942, of the wilful and felonious burning of Longview Church of God. He was sentenced to serve a term of one year in the state penitentiary, and from the judgment entered thereon, he appeals.
The church was situated about 100 yards from a public road. It burned between 12:00 and 1:30 A. M. on June 1, 1952. The weather was fair. The light wires had been disconnected, and no electric current could enter the building. No religious service had been held therein for the past sis months. It had been cleaned, sprayed and the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Heard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1882
- Spears v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Gross v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
- People v. HughesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
- People v. MorleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1908
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. WhittemoreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
- Weaver v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- State v. Francis Noboru YoshidaHawaii Supreme Court · 1960
- McGory v. Allstate Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- Davidson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1986
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