Arnold v. State

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

Pursuant to an indictment for arson in the first degree (burning a dwelling house) a jury convicted appellant-defendant as charged and the court fixed punishment at fifteen years imprisonment. Appellant-defendant, an indigent, appeals.

This is a second judgment of conviction under the indictment. A prior judgment was reversed and the cause remanded. Arnold v. State, 54 Ala.App. 542, 310 So.2d 262 (1975).

Appellant, a registered pharmacist, had bought a drug store business from Mrs. Lula Hooks, agreeing to pay therefor at future intervals. In some…