Rogers v. State

The information in this case filed in the district court of Choctaw county, April 26, 1933, charged that on or about February 18, 1931, the defendant committed the crime of arson. The charging words are:

“That he, the said John Rogers, then and there being, did then and there willfully, wrongfully, unlawfully, maliciously set fire to, fire, cause to burn in the nighttime, a certain dwelling house of John Campbell, said dwelling then and there being inhabited by John Campbell and family, contrary to,” etc.

On his trial the jury returned a verdict finding him guilty of arson in the second degree…