Court Opinion

ID: 5606301
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-11 03:44:30.307775+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:36:57.311566
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Russell, J.
There was not sufficient evidence of the corpus delicti to authorize 'the conviction of the accused, and no evidence to rebut the presumption that the burning was accidental; nor is there any evidence that the defendant was connected with the burning. The verdict of guilty was therefore unauthorized by law. Matthews v. State, 10 Ga. App. 302 (73 S. E. 404), and citations; Bines v. State, 118 Ga. 320 (45 S. E. 376, 68 L. R. A. 33), and citations. Judgment reversed.