Powell v. State

"Wood, J.

Earl Powell was indicted as accessory before the fact to the crime of arson, alleged to have been committed on January 23, 1928, by Marcus Faulkner.

Mrs. Wright testified that she was the owner of the property on which a picture show was being operated by E. D. Wright in Gurdon, Clark County, Arkansas. The building was destroyed by fire, December 20, 1927. E. D. Wright testified that in the building in which he maintained a theater there was also a barber shop, restaurant, and offices up stairs.

The defendant also operated another picture show at Gurdon. The building had been damaged…