Jones v. State

The indictment in this case charged Bobert Williams and Quinney Jones with arson in the burning of a vacant house. Both defendants were tried and convicted and made a motion for a new trial. The motion was overruled and they excepted.

The single special ground in the motion for a new trial was *98not insisted upon in the brief of counsel for plaintiff in error. Moreover, that special ground is decided adversely to the plaintiff in error in the case of Randall v. State, 3 Ga. App. 653 (3) (60 S. E. 328), wherein it is said, “in the absence of a written request, the failure of the judge to charge…