Mississippi Supreme Court October 24, 1932, No. 30220. (Byrd v. State)

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Anderson, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant was indicted jointly with Robert A. Murrah and Will Lawrence in the circuit court of Harrison county

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of the crime of arson, consisting of the burning of a dwelling house known as Sea Breeze situated in the city of Gulfport in said county, charged to have been done to defraud the Hartford Fire Insurance Company which had the