Maner v. State

The indictment in this case charges “W. A. Maner with the offense of attempt to commit arson, for that said accused . . did wilfully and maliciously attempt to set fire to and burn the offices and building known as No. 160-1/2 Hunter Street, Southwest, in Atlanta, Pulton County, Georgia, then and there occupied by W. A. Maner, doing business under the trade name of Durham Medical Institute, said City of Atlanta being a municipal corporation, and said attempt to set fire to and burn the above-designated offices and building having been made in the following manner, to wit: Accused strewed…