State v. Gould

The opinion of the court was delivered hy

Gujimeee, Chief Justice.

The defendant was convicted upon an indictment charging him with the burning of a bam belonging to one Mary Smith, and he now seeks to reverse that judgment.

The first ground upon which the judgment is attacked is that the verdict of the jury, finding him guilty of the charge laid against him, is contrary to the weight of the evidence. In disposing of this point, it is enough to say that an examination of the testimony sent up with the writ fails to convince us of the truth of this contention. The point is argued as if the…