Burley v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for arson, from Warren superior court — Judge Meadow. June 21, 1909. The house burned was a dwelling on a farm, occupied by Amos Hattaway and his family. The fire was discovered between four and five o’clock Sunday morning, March 1. A twelve-year-old negro boy, who slept in the house, ran into Hattaway’s room and told him the house was afire.
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Indictment for arson, from Warren superior court — Judge Meadow. June 21, 1909. The house burned was a dwelling on a farm, occupied by Amos Hattaway and his family. The fire was discovered between four and five o’clock Sunday morning, March 1. A twelve-year-old negro boy, who slept in the house, ran into Hattaway’s room and told him the house was afire. Hattaway holloed and began moving out his things, and the defendant — -a negro who lived on the place and at a short distance from the burning house — came to him and assisted in the moving. Hattaway testified: “The house caught first in the…
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
The proof of the corpus delicti in this ease was insufficient to authorize a conviction. The evidence was insufficient to overcome the presumption of the law that the burning was accidental. Ragland v. State, 2 Ga. App. 492 (58 S. E. 689). Judgment reversed.
Citations by counsel: 6 Ga. App, 105; Ga. B. 43/256; 57/482: 103/430; 109/516; 111/139; 118/320; 119/118; 120/499, 503; 125/741. McGregor & Evans, for plaintiff in error. Thomas J. Brown, solicitor-general, contra.
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