Adamson v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, arson; penalty, fifteen years in the penitentiary.

The evidence for the State tended to show that appellant had traded for á residence in the town of Haskell, Texas, which he employed Luther Rogers to burn. Rogers testified in substance that he was to be paid $100.00 by appellant for burning the house. It is shown that one J. W. Quattlebaum occupied the house with his family; that it was set on fire shortly after the family retired at nighttime and was completely burned. Rogers testified that he had been brought to Haskell by appellant; that he purchased a quart of…