Hall v. State

The plaintiffs in error, seven negroes and one white man, were indicted and convicted for arson. The white man and five of the negroes prayed an appeal in error to this court, which was granted, after their 'motions for a new trial, and in ' arrest of judgment were overruled. The other two negroes, John Hall and Burrell Smith, have brought the case before us by writ of error. They have, however, been sentenced to death by this court upon another indictment for murder, and this case, as to them, will not now be disposed of.

The indictment was found, and the defendants tried at a special term of…