Reese v. State

“In a case of arson, the corpus delicti consists of two fundamental facts: First, the burning of the house described in the indictment; and, second, the fact that a criminal agency was the cause of the burning.” West v. State, 6 Ga. App. 105 (1) (64 S. E. 130). “The corpus delicti may be proved, with other elements of the offense, by circumstantial evidence.” Curtis, The Law of Arson (1936 ed.), § 486, p. 528 et seq. “It is not often possible to make out a case of arson by direct proof establishing the corpus delicti or showing the connection of the defendant with the commission of the crime,…