Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Arson. Criminal law. Evidence. Verdict. Before Judge Jenkins. Putnam superior court. September term, 1889. Indictment against George Williams for arson. The testimony for the State tended to show that the wife of George Williams was hired by Henry Hargroves to do day-labor, and had been staying at Hargroves’ house on the land of one Armor, but on the night the house in question was burned, was staying with Amy Ward.
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Arson. Criminal law. Evidence. Verdict. Before Judge Jenkins. Putnam superior court. September term, 1889. Indictment against George Williams for arson. The testimony for the State tended to show that the wife of George Williams was hired by Henry Hargroves to do day-labor, and had been staying at Hargroves’ house on the land of one Armor, but on the night the house in question was burned, was staying with Amy Ward. Some time before the burning, defendant came over to Hargroves’ to see his wife, and she told him she was not going to stay with him any more. Defendant did not object to his…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
Williams was indicted and convicted of the crime of arson, in setting fire to an occupied dwelling-house. He moved the court for a new trial, principally upon the ground that the verdict was not sustained by the evidence. We have looked into the evidence in this case very closely, and we are satisfied that the same was not sufficient to establish the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt. The evidence in a criminal case must be sufficient to satisfy the jury, beyond a reasonable doubt, of the guilt of the accused, before they are authorized to find a verdict of…
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