State v. . Shines
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against the prisoner for setting fire to the barn and stable of Dr. R. J. Williams, tried before Timber-lahe, J., at March Term, 1899, of Pendes Superior Court. Thé evidence was circumstantial, and at its close, the prisoner requested the Court to charge the jury that there were not sufficient facts for them to convict. His Honor declined so to charge, and prisoner excepted. There was a verdict of guilty.
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INDICTMENT against the prisoner for setting fire to the barn and stable of Dr. R. J. Williams, tried before Timber-lahe, J., at March Term, 1899, of Pendes Superior Court. Thé evidence was circumstantial, and at its close, the prisoner requested the Court to charge the jury that there were not sufficient facts for them to convict. His Honor declined so to charge, and prisoner excepted. There was a verdict of guilty. Motion for new trial, upon the ground that the evidence was insufficient to justify a verdict of guilty. Motion refused. Defendant excepted. Judgment of imprisonment in the State…
1Opinion of the Court
ClaRK^ J.
Tbe prisoner was convicted of setting fire to a barn and stables. Tbe only exception is to tbe refusal of a prayer that there was no evidence to justify submitting tbe case to tbe jury. It was in evidence that at daylight next morning, after the burning,tracks were found around tbe bam and stables and leading off in tbe direction of tbe prisoner’s bouse, which, when followed up, came into tbe road about fifty yards from and opposite bis bouse; that going on to tbe prisoner’s bouse, bis shoes, which were a new pair, were taken and were found to exactly fit tbe aforesaid tracks around…
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