Casteel v. State

On information, appellant was charged with the crime of arson. It was alleged that he did “feloniously aid, abet, assist and advise and encourage the burning of a 1935 . . .' Pontiac automobile . . . the property of Morris Henson, Bert Casteel (appellant) and Porter Wilson Finance Company”; that Beilis Garrett, (an accomplice), did the actual burning, and that the automobile was worth more than $25. Upon trial appellant was convicted, and the jury fixed his punishment at three years in the state penitentiary. From the judgment on this verdict comes this appeal.

For reversal appellant urges…