Clay v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is arson; the punishment,'confinement in the penitentiary, for two' years.

It was charged in the indictment that appellant unlawfully and wilfully burned the house of R. N- Shields. Appellant had rented the house from Shields, paying him therefor $10 per month. Immediately after the fire there was found in the house combustible material saturated with kerosene oil. The windows' of'the house had been securely nailed down. The front door was also fastened with nails. The back door was fastened with a lock and chain.. There..were a few articles of old furniture in the…