Bass v. State

In this case plaintiff in error was convicted on the uncorroborated testimony of the principals upon an indictment charging him as accessory before the- fact of the commission of the crime of statutory arson in the first degree.

The evidence against the accused is unsatisfactory and the testimony given by the principals committing the crime bears the earmarks of untruth.

The defendant in the court below, plaintiff in error here, being charged as an accessory before the fact, it was necessary to prove the conviction of the principals before he could legally be convicted.

To make good this…