Rice v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for arson; from Macon superior court — Judge Littlejohn. July 11, 1914. Jim Eice was convicted under an indictment charging him with wilfully and maliciously setting fire to and burning “a certain wooden framed building, the same being a barn and storage house, the property of Ed. M. McKenzie,” etc. He excepted to the refusal to grant his motion for a new trial.
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Indictment for arson; from Macon superior court — Judge Littlejohn. July 11, 1914. Jim Eice was convicted under an indictment charging him with wilfully and maliciously setting fire to and burning “a certain wooden framed building, the same being a barn and storage house, the property of Ed. M. McKenzie,” etc. He excepted to the refusal to grant his motion for a new trial. The evidence discloses that on February 2, 1914, a barn, where live stock was housed and foodstuffs stored, was destroyed by fire. The barn was in the possession of Ed. M. McKenzie, who held a bond for title to the property…
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The evidence of Scott Towns, the alleged accomplice of the defendant, established the commission of the crime and directly implicated the defendant therein. Independently, however, of the evidence of the accomplice, there was testimony sufficient to authorize the inference that the barn was feloniously burned, and to directly connect the defendant with the burning. It was shown by testimony, other than that of the accomplice, that the accused, who lived not far distant from the barn, cherished a grudge against the owner thereof; that on the night of the…
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