Doyle v. State

Appellant was indicted for having burned the barn of W. J. Wright on the night of July 18, 1922. At his trial he was found guilty, and sentenced to a term of two years in the penitentiary, and, to reverse that judgment, has prosecuted this appeal.

He first insists that the testimony was not legally sufficient to sustain the conviction. The testimony tending to support the verdict was to the following effect: After a proper foundation had been laid for the introduction of the testimony of W. J. Wright, who had died since a former trial, which had resulted in a mistrial, his former testimony was…