Carr v. State

[1] “In arson, the corpus delicti consists, not alone of a building burned, but also of its having been willfully fired by some responsible person. Burning by accidental and natural causes must he satisfactorily excluded, to constitute sufficient proof of the crime.” Daniels v. State, 12 Ala. App. 119, 68 South. 499; Winslow v. State, 76 Ala. 42. The fire which destroyed the building in this ease was discovered about 5 o’clock in the morning of May 5, 1916, and was then bursting through the roof of the building. The only evidence offered by the state to exclude the theory that the building…