Gamble v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wilcox County; S. E. Hobbs, Judge. Margaret Gamble and Roberta Carter were convicted of arson in the second degree, and appeal. No brief reached the Reporter. In this case, evidence of the finding of tracks was competent and admissible. Morris v. State, 124 Ala. 46, 27 South. 336; Hodge v. State, 97 Ala. 37, 12 South. 164, 38 Am.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Wilcox County; S. E. Hobbs, Judge. Margaret Gamble and Roberta Carter were convicted of arson in the second degree, and appeal. No brief reached the Reporter. In this case, evidence of the finding of tracks was competent and admissible. Morris v. State, 124 Ala. 46, 27 South. 336; Hodge v. State, 97 Ala. 37, 12 South. 164, 38 Am. St. Rep. 145; Young v. State, 68 Ala. 569; Thornton v. State, 113 Ala. 44, 21 South. 356; Ethridge v. State, 124 Ala. 106, 27 South. 320; 1 Mayfield’s Dig. 332; Perry v. State, 87 Ala. 30, 6 South. 425. Any evidence tending to show motive…
1Opinion of the Court
BRICKEN, P. ¡T.
From a conviction of arson in the second degree these defendants appeal. The indictment charged these two women with having willfully set fire to or burned a barn of William P. Brooks, alias Pat Brooks. Errors are assigned in this case, but no brief in behalf of appellants has been filed.
The evidence in this case shows without dispute that the two-story bam in question burned and was completely destroyed and that the fire was first discovered between 1 and 2 o’clock at night, and that after daylight next.morning some of the state’s witnesses discovered the tracks of two women…
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