State v. . Allen
Supreme Court of North Carolina
, INDICTMENT for burning a barn in violation of sec. 3338', Revisal, tried before Jones, Jand a jury, March Term, 1908, of Union. The defendant was convicted and appealed'.
1Opinion of the Court
. Brown, J.
The record presents two exceptions to the rulings of the trial court, one of which has been abandoned here. 'Flu: remaining exception is to the refusal of the judge, to charge the jury that the evidence is insufficient to convict. •
The evidence is circumstantial in its nature, but amply sufficient in its probative force to justify the court in submitting the guilt of the accused to the determination of the jury.
The evidence tends to prove .that the defendant had “bad blood” for the prosecutor, Jim Bivins, whose barn was burned at night on 6 November, 1907, as well as against one…
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