111 Ga. 139 | Ga. | 1900
A barn belonging to Mrs. Graham was burned on the night of February 15, 1899. Green was arrested and charged with the arson. He was tried and found guilty. The evidence showed that he had been a laborer on Mrs. Graham’s
We think that the evidence was not sufficient to authorize the verdict. It was entirely circumstantial, and in no way connected the accused with the arson. The law does not permit any one to be convicted upon mere suspicion. If the evidence' be circumstantial, it must connect the accused with the offense
Judgment reversed.