Worrell v. State

SAMFORD, Judge.

The indictment in this case was indorsed, “a true bill,” was signed by C. L. Humber, foreman of the grand jury, and filed in open court on September 13, 1934, in the presence of the grand jury, by B. G. Jennings, clerk. This was a substantial compliance with Code 1923, § 4547. McKee v. State, 82 Ala. 32, 2 So. 451.

There was evidence tending to prove that the fire was of incendiary origin. The evidence on this point was circumstantial, but was sufficient to go to the jury on the question of the corpus delicti. That being the case, the confession of the defendant that he set fire…