Johnson v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

In appellant’s motion he stresses what is termed an error herein in that a witness was allowed to make the statement that about a year prior to the burning of such house appellant told the witness that he (appellant) had insurance on the house, appellant claiming herein that such method of proving this matter was improper and should have been proven as is suggested in Barnes v. State, 130 Tex. Cr. R. 547, 95 S. W. (2d) 112.

It is noted that appellant was merely charged with burning his own house in the city of Hillsboro, and as provided by…