Bolden v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Itawamba county. Hon. Jno. H. Mitchell, Judge. Arch Bolden was convicted of arson and appeals. The facts are fully stated in.the opinion of the court. The fourth assignment of error is as follows: “The court erred in admitting the confession of defendant, testified to by the witness Bunk Ruff, because the corpus delicti had not previously been proven.” Let iis first determine what constitutes the corpus delicti in a case of arson.
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Appeal from circuit court of Itawamba county. Hon. Jno. H. Mitchell, Judge. Arch Bolden was convicted of arson and appeals. The facts are fully stated in.the opinion of the court. The fourth assignment of error is as follows: “The court erred in admitting the confession of defendant, testified to by the witness Bunk Ruff, because the corpus delicti had not previously been proven.” Let iis first determine what constitutes the corpus delicti in a case of arson. This court has recently settled this matter. “The corptis delicti in a case of arson consists not only in the proof of the burning of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellant was convicted in the court below of the crime of arson, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of his natural life.
The burning of the house was abundantly proven. The only evidence introduced, other than the alleged confession of appellant, which tended to show that the burning was caused by a criminal agency, was that the burning occurred at night, that the fire originated on- the outside of the house, and that shortly after the house had burned tracks which resembled those of appellant, who lived several miles from the scene, were discovered about seventy-five yards from…
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