Hardy v. State

Appellant was convicted in the circuit court of the second judicial district of Jasper county on a charge of arson; the indictment charging that he “did set fire to and burn the Blue Ridge School House, the property of Jasper county, Mississippi, for the use and benefit of the said Blue Ridge Colored School, a common public school of said county, district and state, or the said Blue Ridge Colored School District.” A deed was offered in evidence showing that the land upon which the said schoolhouse was located was conveyed to three named persons, “trustees of the Blue 'Ridge Common School and…