Georgia Court of Appeals, 1912

Matthews v. State

Matthews v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided January 15, 1912 · Russell
10 Ga. App. 302; 73 S.E. 404; 1912 Ga. App. LEXIS 473

Matthews v. State

Opinion of the Court

Russell, J.

The evidence is insufficient to rebut the presumption that the barn was accidentally burned. Further, in the absence of any evidence showing that the prosecutor’s statements in regard to the defendant’s lack of financial credit had been communicated to him, no motive on the defendant’s part to burn the barn is disclosed.

Judgment reversed.

Willingham & Willingham, for plaintiff in error,cited: Ga. Reports: 57/482; 85/535; 86/357; 93/557; 97/209; 103/430; 109/158, 516; 110/293; 111/139; 117/235; 119/118; 123/278; 125/741; Ga. App. Reports: 2/492; 3/653; 6/105, 776; 7/197.J. W. Wise, solicitor-general; Persons & Persons, contra.

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