Williams v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted of burning an unoccupied building located on a farm. He made a motion for a new trial which was overruled, and the case is here for review. So far as the record shows, nothing whatever is known as to the origin of the fire which destroyed the building. The substance of the evidence relating to the burning is that a member of the *256family of the prosecutor was at the dwelling “ about six o’clock that night ” and that the burning occurred about 11:30 o’clock. There is no evidence which shows beyond a reasonable doubt that the burning was the result of any criminal…