State v. Freyer

ELLISON, J;

The appellant was indicted for arson in Audrain County. On a trial of the cause in Warren County, on change of venue, he was convicted by a jury and his punishment assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The property destroyed was a threshing separator standing on premises about a mile from his home. It was found burning about midnight. The chief, if not the only, evidence connecting the appellant with the fire was obtained through the use of bloodhounds. His principal contention on this appeal is that the proof was insufficient to support a conviction, and that…