Crabtree v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry —

Reversing.

Tbe appellant, Chester Crabtree, was jointly in-dieted with bis father, Hiram Crabtree, and two brothers, Charlie and Wilson Crabtree, charging them with the offense of arson, committed, to wit, by feloniously setting fire to and burning a barn, the property of A1 Shelton.

Upon his trial, he and Wilson Crabtree were convicted and sentenced to three years ’ imprisonment. Hiram Crabtree and Charlie Crabtree were acquitted. Also, it developing that Wilson Crabtree was at the time of his charged commission of the offense an infant then sixteen years of…