Lockhart v. State

1. The evidence, though circumstantial, was sufficient to show that the fire was of incendiary origin and that the defendant was the guilty party.

2. The special grounds are without merit.

DECIDED OCTOBER 15, 1947. ADHERED TO ON REHEARING DECEMBER 16, 1947.

Bonnie Lockhart was convicted of arson in the burning of the dwelling house of Addie Gordon, alias Missie Maze. The defendant filed his amended motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and on this judgment he assigns error.

From the evidence and partially from the defendant's statement, which we will endeavor to summarize as briefly as…