Bell v. State

Simmons, Justice.

Willie Bell and Jobn Eambro were indicted for arson. They severed; Bell was convicted, and his motion for a *558new trial being overruled, he excepted. The house alleged to have been burned was in the city of Macon, and was occupied as a dwelling by Mrs. Bay, a daughter of the owner, and Bell was a servant living upon the premises. It appears that between two and three o’clock in the morning, Mrs. Bay discovered that the back door steps and the room which had been occupied by Bell were on fire. She did not think he was occupying the room that night. It does not appear that he was…