Jones v. State

Bleckley, Justice.

The prosecutor’s gin-house was burned on the night of January 1st, 1879, between ten and eleven o’clock. The plaintiff in error, his mother, his brother, and a fourth person, named Jenkins, whom they called cousin, were jointly indicted for the offense. Only the plaintiff in error was tried, and he being found guilty his counsel moved for a new trial, which was refused. The grounds of the motion were as follows :

1st. Because the verdict is contrary to evidence and the weight of evidence and so much so as to shock the moral sense of justice and of right.

2d. Because the…