Hale v. State

The defendant was convicted of arson in the second degree. The evidence for the state was directed to showing that on Sunday night, October 16, 1921, a gin-house and its contents, valued at about $1,500, belonging to J. M. Ballard, was set fire to and burned; that there had been no fire about the gin that day; that persons passing just after dark saw no fire; that the defendant was seen that afternoon on the road which led to the gin; that he pulled off his shoes on the side of the road; that the fire was discovered 'about 7:30 o’clock at night;, that two men’s tracks, one wearing shoes, and…