Grimes v. State

The defendant, Isaiah Grimes, was charged in three separate indictments with arson. With his consent all three cases were tried together. He was found guilty of each of the offenses charged. He made a motion for a new trial in each case which was overruled and he excepted. As numbered in this court, the cases are identified as No. 32307, for the alleged burning of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church on August 22, 1947; No. 32308, for the alleged burning of the Friendship Baptist Church on October 3, 1947; and, No. 32309, for the alleged burning of the Loganville Colored School Building on November…