King v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for arson; from Fulton superior court — -Judge Humphries. April 19, 1922. Application for certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court.
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Indictment for arson; from Fulton superior court — -Judge Humphries. April 19, 1922. Application for certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court. King was charged with having set fire to and burned his dwelling house at No. 25 Fortress Avenue in the City of Atlanta on April 2, 1921. On the trial the State introduced in evidence an affidavit obtained from him at Tifton, Ga., on May 4, 1921, by the prosecutor, J. Albert Sharp, State fire-inspector, in which he said that on March 1, 1921, he took out fire insurance on the house and on his household goods; that shortly before the fire he was…
1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.
The evidence abundantly authorized the defendant’s conviction.
The foundation for the. admission of the defendant’s confession was properly laid, and it was not error to admit, over defendant’s objection, the alleged confession of the defendant.
The charge of the court, when read in its entirety, was full and fair, and *752gave to the defendant the benefit of every legal contention raised by him.
Decided July 11, 1922. Indictment for arson; from Fulton superior court — -Judge Humphries. April 19, 1922. Application for certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court. King was charged with having set fire…
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