Tinker v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of arson, and his punishment assessed at the lowest prescribed by law.

With the necessary beginning and ending allegations, the indictment averred: “That A. E.' Tinker, on or about the 18th day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and anterior to the presentment of this indictment, in the County of Scurry and State of Texas, did then and there unlawfully and wilfully set fire to and burn the house of Oz Smith there situate.”

It follows the statute (P. C., arts. 1300 et seq.) prescribing the ofíense, and the approved form…