Lane v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the court by

Judge Settle

— Reversing.

Appellant was separately tried in the Estill Circuit Court under an indictment charging him, his wife, Callie Lane, Jack Hawkins, and Armilda Roberts *521with the crime of house burning in pursuance of a conspiracy entered into and existing between them; the act of setting fire to the house having, as alleged in the indictment, been assigned by agreement among the conspirators to Jack Hawkins by whom it was performed. The trial resulted in appellant’s conviction and the fixing of his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary five years.

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