Seymour v. State

Aiken was convicted of the statutory offense of burning a building which was insured against loss or damage by fire with intent to injure the insurer, and Seymour was convicted of being an accessory thereto. On writ of error taken by both defendants below, errors are assigned on questions of procedure, on the admission of evidence and on charges given and refused. Counsel for the plaintiffs in error states in his brief that “if the evidence was properly admitted by the court, it was abundant to sustain the conviction.”

The court permitted an insurance agent to testify that a policy of…