Ratcliff v. State

Citations

• 99 Miss. 277
• 54 So. 947

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law. Arson. Sufficiency of evidence.</p> <p>Where on a trial for arson the burning of the house was abundantly shown, but the only evidence that the burning was caused by a criminal agency was an alleged confession by accused and several slight circumstances tending, to establish such criminal agency, but wholly insufficient for that purpose, a conviction will be reversed.</p>