Martin v. State

WATTS, Special Judge.

The defendant was charged jointly with Yet Thompson; he took severance and was tried in the district court of Mayes county for the crime of arson in the first degree. The information charges the offense was committed March 15, 1925; a conviction was had and the defendant was sentenced to serve a term of two years in the state penitentiary in harmony with the verdict of the jury, from which he appeals. Numerous errors are assigned going to the invalidity of the trial, verdict, and conviction. Section 2046, O. O. S. 1921, defines arson as “the wilful and malicious burning…