Wells v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for arson. Before Judge "Williamson. Monroe superior court. February term, 1895. Wells, a negro preacher, was convicted of burning a church which he had served as pastor. It was seen burning between twelve and one o’clock on the morning of the-first Sunday in July.
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Indictment for arson. Before Judge "Williamson. Monroe superior court. February term, 1895. Wells, a negro preacher, was convicted of burning a church which he had served as pastor. It was seen burning between twelve and one o’clock on the morning of the-first Sunday in July. He had been discharged as pastor about a month before; and several witnesses testified that he made statements, before the fire, to the effect that he had been unjustly treated, and that the people of the church would not prosper but would suffer. He lived several miles away from the church, and was joossessed of a mule…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
1. Exceptions alleging error in overruling a motion to rule out evidence which had been admitted without objection, will not be considered by this court unless it appears that some ground or reason for excluding such evidence was stated *210to and passed upon, by the trial judge at the time the motion, to rule out was made.
July 29, 1895. Indictment for arson. Before Judge "Williamson. Monroe superior court. February term, 1895. Wells, a negro preacher, was convicted of burning a church which he had served as pastor. It was seen burning between twelve and one o’clock on the morning of the-first…
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