Burley v. State

Oct 13, 1909
2023
Reporters:
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Before:
Russell
Russell, J.

The proof of the corpus ‍‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‍delicti in this ease was insufficient to authorize a conviction. The evidence ‍‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‍was insufficient to overcome the presumption of the law that the ‍‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‍burning was accidental. Ragland v. State, 2 Ga. App. 492 (58 S. E. 689). Judgment reversed.

Citations by counsel: ‍‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‍6 Ga. App, 105; Ga. B. 43/256; 57/482: 103/430; 109/516; 111/139; 118/320; 119/118; 120/499, 503; 125/741. McGregor & Evans, for ‍‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‍plaintiff in error. Thomas J. Brown, solicitor-general, contra.