Ware v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for arson; from Coweta superior court — Judge ft. W. Freeman. January 20, 1916:
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
1. There were circumstances in proof sufficient to authorize the inference that the fire was of felonious origin rather than the result of accident or providential cause.
2. The only witness whose testimony directly connected the defendant with the crime denied complicity, and, notwithstanding proof that he had previously admitted such complicity, the jury could credit his denial in preference to his contradictory statements, and find that he was not in fact an accomplice, and therefore accept his uncorroborated evi*108dence as sufficient to connect the defendant with the crime. Hargrove v. State,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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