Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for arson. Before-Judge Holden. Taliaferro superior, court. March 31, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
1. “When a house is consumed by fire and nothing appears but that fact, the law rather implies that the fire was the result of accident, or some providential cause, than of a criminal design.” Phillips v. State, 29 Ga. 105.
2. “Before a person charged with a particular crime can be lawfully found guilty thereof, it is necessary to establish the corpus delicti. This can not be done by the mere extra-judicial confession of the accused. There must be aliunde proof of the corpus delicti.” Bines v. State, 118 Ga. 320.
3. In the present case, when the confessions of the accused are eliminated, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bines v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Phillips v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1859
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