Pyant v. State

Jesse Pyant was convicted of arson, and his motion for a new trial is based solely upon the usual general grounds.

J. B. Wilson testified, in substance, that on October 29, 1931, his barn, located in Jackson county, was burned; that said barn contained much inflammable material that could be easily set on fine with a match; that witness saw the fire just as the clock struck four in the morning and arrived there in a few minutes; that on the night of the fire it rained hard from eleven to twelve o’clock, and then drizzled about an hour; that about daybreak on the morning of the fire, witness…