Williams v. State

The information in this case in substance charged that on or about the first day of March, in the county of Woods, the defendant, Harry S. Williams, did in the nighttime of said day, set fire to a frame dwelling house, in which there was no human being a,t the time, the same being the property and residence of said Williams, located on lot 6, block 9, of Mable McGrath addition to the city of Alva.

Upon his trial the jury found him guilty as charged in the information and assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years.

From the judgment rendered in pursuance of the…