State v. Egan

I cannot agree with my brother HOLLEY that the judgment of conviction should1 be affirmed. For numerous prejudicial errors- in this record, this case should be reversed.

While the defendant had an interest in the barn that burned *19on Labor Day, 1919, there was not the slightest evidence that the barn was burned) iby any act or procurement of the defendant. There is not a syllable of testimony tending to show any willful act of any person criminally responsible for the burning of the barn or any evidence, even remotely, to exclude the presumption of loss by natural or accidental causes.

Lisa…