State v. Smith

Stacy, O. J.

Tbe record contains 116 assignments of error based on 125 exceptions. Obviously they cannot be treated separately in an opinion without extending it to a “burdensome and intolerable length.” S. v. Lea, 203 N. C., 13, 164 S. E., 737. However, none has been overlooked; all have been duly examined and considered. Tbe principal reasons inducing our conclusions on tbe main exceptions follow:

I. Tbe defendants challenge tbe sufficiency of tbe evidence to warrant a conviction on tbe indictment charging a conspiracy to burn tbe property as described, it appearing from tbe confessions,…