Rutledge v. State

At the April, 1933, term of the circuit court, Bryce Rutledge was indicted for arson in the burning of a barn in the nighttime on land owned by J. D. Yance and leased to L. Y. Sanders. At the October, 1933, term of court, he was tried and convicted to serve seven years in the state penitentiary, from which he prosecutes an appeal here.

The parties living on the place testified that the barn was discovered to be on fire some time after midnight, or the morning of March 5th, which was Sunday. They also testified as to feeding the stock and milking the cows on Saturday evening at dark, and that…