Washington v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. cited Ivef v. State, 61 Ala. 58 ; Fisher v. State, 43 Ala. 17; State v. Whit, 4 Jones, N. C. Law, 349.
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— The bill of exceptions does not purport
*32to set out the entire evidence, and all reasonable presumptions will be indulged to sustain tlie rulings of the court. The defendants were indicted, under section 4347 of the Code, for having willfully set fire to or burned a barn, the property of L. L. Hill, being within the curtilage of his dwelling-house. The. barn was situated with the front end in the rear yard of the dwelling, constituting a part of the inclosure of the yard, the rear part extending into another inclosure. Curtilage, as used in the statute, certainly includes the yard or space of…
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