Braziel v. State

The defendant, Frank Braziel, was jointly indicted with James Whitten, charged with the offense of arson. He was tried separately and convicted. A house at 188 Buena Yista Avenue in the City of Atlanta was discovered on fire at 1:15 a. m., on July 12, 1934. The house was undergoing repairs in charge of contractor James Whitten, The defendant, a negro, was a painter *389in the employ of Whitten. The painting of the house, if there was any, had only started the afternoon before. The evidence showed that the fire started in the attic over the scuttle-hole in the kitchen and had burned a hole in the…