Bryant v. State

The count of the indictment upon which there was a conviction charges that the defendant, “Walker Bryant, on the 24th day of October, A. D. 1922, at and in the County of DeSoto aforesaid, did then and there wil fully, maliciously and feloniously set fire to and burn a certain building there situate, to-wit: a building the property of W. T. Gould, alias W. T. Gould, Jr., which said building was then and there insured against loss or damage by fire, in and with the St.. Paul Pire and Marine Insurance Company, a corporation, and the New Jersey Fire Insurance Company, a corporation, with intent…